So we made it to Lima tonight around 8pm (7pm back home), however our baggage is MIA. We`re crossing our fingers that it will appear tomorrow, but who knows? What a long day! Left Sunday night around 1am, stopped in Toronto, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and then Peru. With all those transfers, the odds of our luggage actually following us were not good! We're at Kusillus Backpackers Hostel in Miraflores, Lima for 2 nights (or more, depending if our luggage makes an appearance). After checking in, the first thing we did was run to the supermarket to buy some necessities. Naturally, after travelling for almost 24 hrs, we were feeling like grease balls. The airport staff was less than helpful, mostly because of their lack of English! Taxi tried to rip us off even before we left the airport, but we found one at a decent price and sped across the city. As well as the crazy driving, weaving in and out of traffic and such, we also got stopped at a Police checkstop. There were so many police on the street with guns and SWAT outfits for no apparent reason! None that we could see, anyway. Well that's about it so far... Miriam will advise you all on the beginning of our trip... it all started last night in Edmonton...
We were rushing around doing last minute packing when I asked Catherine if she would cut my hair. For those of you who don´t know, I haven't had a haircut in 2 years so I was a little nervous. I had a few pictures taken before the chop, then the whole thing was recorded on my new camera, complete with my shrieks and Catherine's evil laughter. I was shocked at how light my head felt, but surprisingly it doesn't look half bad! I'll have to post the pictures and video when we get home, it's worth a few laughs.
Here are the hair cut pics, before and after:
As per request, I must give a shout-out to Jacob for recording the hair cutting episode, not to mention driving us to the airport. Thank you!
