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Peru Trip

Posted by Inchik | 10th February 2008

Day 1 - Arrival to Cusco, Peru:

The first thing we were told to do upon arrival to Cusco, Peru, was rest. But then what kind of travelers would that make us? So not realizing how 11,000ft above sea level can really affect us, we did the opposite of rest. We went straight into town to try mingle with the locals and have a bite of some Peruvian cuisine. Besides "Hola," and "Que Pasa," our Spanish skills were minimal. We simply thought that English was a second language, and everything would be smooth sailing. Boy, were we wrong. Our trip to the pharmacy was interesting. The conversation with the clerk went as follows:

"Hola! Que pasa? Ooouch, Boo-Booo, Aaaaaaaaaaauuuu," I said.

The man behind the counter looked back at us with a big grin on his face and said, "Que?" Again I tried to explain that we were in pain, and therefore kept repeating the word, "Ouch." It took us a while to realize that the word "Ouch" is simply not used in Peru, but we did score four capsules of what we

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