Goodbyes, Animals and Incas... all in a week!!!

What's up!!!??? Hello from the city of Cuzco (or Cusco... depends where you check it)... 3400 metres over the sea level... I can hardly move without struggling.

I left Loja just a week ago, and I have managed to go into my hectic travelling again. This time is a bit more difficult though... coz' I miss the boys/girls big time. I am always thinking where and how they are. It is incredible how close I feel to them, even thogh we spent only a couple of months together. I think I will come back as soon as I can... dunno if they need me... but I am sure I need them ;o)

After I left Loja, I spent the weekend in the border town of Macara with Pau... there is nothing going on over there appart from big cars sponsored by drugs traffic across the border. We thought it was "Fiestas" but when we got there it was basically dead.

From there I head finally (and sadly) on my own to the dreadful city of Lima, stopping over in Piura and crazy Paita (the town were Manuelita Saenz died... you should read "El General en su Laberinto" if you don´t know who she is yet!). It was a big surprise and very nice to meet Manolín there after two or three years we hadn't seen each other. I visit the Parque del Amor (Park of Love) and Barranquillo area... and got to appreciate a bit more this city... but not too much :oP

That was only a stop over in my way to Iquitos, i.e. the Peruvian Jungle (La Selva!!!). Oscar gave me the contact of a superlodge in the Yanayacu River. And one should always follow a friends advice... and I had the time of my life in the jungle. Played with monkeys, parrots, one tapir... saw lots of different birds, fished piranhas and swam in the same river where we fished them... cool!!! Ah... and we were really close to the Amazon Pink Dolphins (Known as the people of the water). But that is just a little part of it... night trips in canoe... morning trips in canoe... walks in the jungle... a very interesting chat about Chamans and Ayaguasca (next visit... ;oD). Three days is not enough... but it was all I could... If you ever plan a trip to the jungle contact Clever Sinarahua Tulumba or Timo, our superguide. You will not regret it!!!

Now I am in Cuzco (or Cusco :oP)... and have spent the day checking the sights around town. This is really tourist... but as mum said... you cannot come to Peru and not visit Cuzco (Cusco)... and she is damm right! As always! So tomorrow morning I am off to visit the Sacred Valley, and the day after Machu Pichu. I leave the Inka Trail for when I am old... and rich ;o).

After that... big bus trip back to sh*ty Lima... and flying off to Sao Paulo... Looking forward for Dri's Samba lessons ;o)... and spring time!!!

You all take care, ok¿? And don't let the Autumm put you down!!! You're stronger than him!

Un abrazo muy fuerte a todos!!!! David, no pude ir a Chile... los niños/as son la caña... imposible dejarlos para ir al pueblo de al lado... como para irme dos paises más allá ;o) Si algún dia los conoces lo comprenderas... y tú también te quedaras!!! jejeje!

Cuidenseme mucho mucho... ok¿?

Ciao ciao!!!!


Heiwa X