Yahoo Peru!

So, our time Brazil has passed. It´s stolen my heart. In Brazil, all you need is a smile (many people wear little more than that anyways haha). The people are as warm as their sun and the water. Wow, absolutely one of the best places on earth that we´ve seen. We´ve added all our photos to the Brazil album on Picasa, and we´ve started our Peru album. Check them out!

We just arrived in Huaraz, Peru, after spending 3 days in Lima looking at Incan ruins; downtown Lima where we saw all the Spanish architecture and cathedrals; we surfed, yep, in Peru; it was great. We also met up with the Gringo camera crew for a SciFi show called Ghost Hunters International and have been hanging out experiencing the night life with their crazy paranormal group. They are getting paid to travel and explore creepy, old, haunted fortresses, houses, and well you name it.... They´ve really been a fun group! We saw some live music including a U2 cover band which I think was really U2 disguised as latin men. The other group we saw was a sweet fem all girls band who loved the 80s and wore black and pink plastic sunglasses. I hope to get the videos from one of the SciFi camera techs and post it here. Although he fell into the pool yesterday with his camera and all his clothes on, so hopefully the memory card is still intact.
We were staying with a CouchSurfing friend, Paulo, who just got back from some time traveling on a surfing trip and doing a little couch surfing of his own. He was the best guide and a fabulous driver in the chaos of Lima. Who knew there could be so many car horns sounding at once? His family took us in and we stay in their guest section of their house. They were a wonderful, well educated, english speaking family and had similar beliefs about holistic health so it was fun to explore their ideas. Our fist day there we cruised around the city on sweet, townie single speed bikes. It was so nice to get some real exercise after a 16hr traveling day the day before. Although, being on a bicycle (or on foot, for that matter) in hectic Lima traffic is a little scary. I didn´t think traffic could get much worse than Brazil, but what do I know? We still have a lot to see. There could even be one place worse than Lima! Then as I wrote above we explored some ruins and the downtown. For the next two days we went to a beach house about 45 min. down the coast south of Lima at a beatiful place called Punta Hermosa! The waves were pretty big for us, about 1.5 meters and there was a lot of crashing going on. The water was cold, but wetsuits made it feel very comfortable. It was so worth it. The friends that we have made here surf a lot and Nicole´s father was Peru´s national surf champion back in the 70s and she is currently sponsored by many surfing companies at the age of 20, so need I say more but we got a personal surfing lesson in the biggest waves I have ever seen or gotten on, about 1.5 meters. I think I am in heaven! I still have salt water randomly dripping from my nose.
I just have to say one thing about the food, WOW I love peruvian food! Ceviche!!! Leche de Tigre!!! Fried squid and octopus!! Fresh OJ every morning and this weird dessert made of honey and baked with flour called Torron. Mmm so good!

So we are now in Hauraz at about 3100m, surrounded by permanent snow capped peaks of the Cordillera Blanca rising about 5000m. Magnificent and beautiful backdrop! We came by a double decker bus over night and are waiting for time to pass so we can call our next couch surfing host.
That´s my update for now. Have a wonderful weekend. Love you and miss you all!

Best thing that we´ve taken with us on this trip: Smiles
Best Peruvian bumper sticker: ¨Brother, el claxón no empuje¨