Peru Post Thoughts

So few things in general.
1) Food cooks very slowly here. Dishes take on average 30 to 45 minutes to come out after ordering.

2) Lots of places turns out they don't turn on the hot water heater until they have to. Especially at night they seem to turn it off. I think that's why at KB Tambo I had one night of no hot water, Hostel Payacha once we told them there was no hot water they told us to wait 5 minutes before trying again after they were hustling around, and the last hostel told us to let them know 20 minutes ahead of time before taking a hot shower.

3) Once again you can buy cheap stuff if you bargain at marketplace. The whole walk away and name your ridicously low price then compromise in middle trick works well at marketplaces.

4) In some ways, this place reminded me alot of Egypt - most of the things I saw here also applied to Egypt, and vice versa. I guess maybe Rio and Igaussa might be somewhere in the middle?

5) Simple life, simple thoughts = Happy days. I am reminded that I should not think so far ahead into the future, but rather, do what matters (or at least what I think matters) now and perhaps I will end up happier. Plagued with indecisiveness and always running away without fighting, I waste so much time - I should really try more and if things fail, they fail. At least then there'd be a chance that things could turn out the way I dreamed.

Delayed gratification is a great concept, but I guess it wasn't meant for 10 or 20 year plots... .. . and for that matter, even 3. "Either succeed or fail greatly" - I like that more. If I ever see that chance is there again, even if at the present we think it cannot be sustained, by living everyday like it's the last, the happiest and brightest future will create itself. And for that I will march forward.

Onto Brasilia... ole ole ole!