Lima, Peru

After being in La Paz for awhile and taking care of some stuff (like sending my broken kindle back to the states a SECOND time) I decided, "I have no working camera (right, that broke too I forgot to mention it), and no way of documenting it so I'm not doing the Salt Flats of Uyuni" I know everyone whose been there is shaking their heads if they're reading this but I already decided that its impossible to see all the weird things that South America has to offer in one trip so I know I'll be coming back anyway to do the Galapagos, Torres Del Plaine and Uyuni among other things.

They're always looking for people to work at this hostel in Lima, Peru called Loki so I hopped on a bus and 27 hours later was in Lima. Loki is kind of like a "chain" of backpacker hostels across south america and they have one in alot of major cities in S.A. You work the bar and get free room, a meal and cheap beer. I don't really know what else I could need out of life so the math just kind of made sense to do it. I start working tomorrow. In the meantime I've been looking around Lima. I have a friend that I met in Paraguay who is here and he, along with some other people from my dorm have been going about. Good, fun people like everyone I end up hanging around with in most hostels. Lima is, shockingly, modern, clean and pretty westernized. I haven't seen a city like this since Santiago, Chile. It's so different from Cusco and Arequipa. All signs of the indigenous culture have been pretty much blasted off the face of the planet and replaced with expensive shopping malls and sport bars. Hey, atleast you can get KFC until 3 in the morning though, there's gotta be something said for that I guess right? After being in Bolivia for so long too, you really gain perspective on how much it sucks to be a landlocked country. Peru is not the richest country in the world but Bolivia is incredibly destitute by comparison. It's amazing. We went to the beach and city center as well as the "Magical Water. Circuit." It's essentially just a park of fountains with the "highest water fountain in the world" in it.  You ride in a kiddy train around it..kind of a blast

I had the unique experience of playing flip cup in South America last night and it was probably one of the most intense experiences I've had here. 18 fueled up British dudes and me shouting obscenities at eachother over a ping pong table until the final round was over. Nuts. Luckily, my team won so I didn't have to flip the table out of rage at the end. Working at this bar for another 3 weeks? I hope I don't die here....