Pacification

So here we are, perched on a cliff hundreds of feet over the endless blue paradise brewing below us... we´re in Lima! Miraflores to be exact, the ritzy glamorous part of this massive metropolis, where bakeries and dog shit line every sidewalk. It´s gorgeous, actually, kind of reminiscent of a lot of places I´ve been this trip, so it´s a fitting spot to end it all. Like I said before, we´re staying in Kendra´s connection´s apartment, on the 14th floor. On the balcony side, you have a lighthouse a little ways to the left, then the cove wraps around, dotted with waterfront highrises, then ends at this massive rock covered with radio antennas. Straight ahead, the Pacific Ocean, in all its sea-foam-green glory. On the other side, the city´s skyscrapers extend seemingly as endlessly as the ocean, this place is huge! The coast line is all a big cliff, so you have to go down to get to the water, which is full of surfers and not much else, and the way the waves hit the rocky beach wants to put me to sleep... it´s really nice! I had heard a lot of nonsense about Lima before I came from other travelers, but its nice parts are no joke! It´s kind of expensive though.

Today I was walking around and ran into one of my college professors, how freaking random. I didn´t yell his name fast enough to actually get to talk to him, because it´s been a few years and wanted to make sure I wasn´t yelling at a stranger, but I realized it was definitely him. Small world, eh.

So it´s Wednesday, that´s a little ridiculous to think of, since I´m leaving Sunday. All of this is over! So we agreed that Thursday through Saturday night is strictly partying, no wimping out. I gotta make some Lima stories, and they have to count. I just talked to an old Atlanta friend who knows people who live here, so hopefully we can run with the locals again because that´s always how I seem to find the most trouble without actually getting into any trouble. Fingers crossed.

So I dunno what else, I´m going to try to snag some clothes here before I leave because I know it´s cheaper to rebuild a wardrobe here than it will be in Atlanta, then I´m going to dunk my head in the ocean the morning before i leave so I´ll smell like the beach when I get back...the water´s pretty cold though. And then, that´s about it! Living like a king and queen in this aparment man, it´s on the 14th floor, we have a doorman, it´s huge with a balcony, with bedrooms upstairs and cable, 2 bathrooms, laundry.... shiiiit. Makes me feel lik I´ve been living like a hog the past few months!