Our last day in New York was spent doing different things, i went to woodberry common, which is a bigger better homebush factory outlet, alby and andrew going to the met and holding hands in central park, and jono going to a cuban cafe...
I went nuts at woodbery, spending about 300 bucks on timberland, CK, nike and polo... its all getting mailed as obviously i cant carry it around..
trip to the airport was uneventful, as was our flight to lima.
Lima is very different to anything i've seen before. Not soon after we left the airport, we passed the slum area, which is literally buildings made out of whatever is lying around. The 'city' itself was deserted, driving laws were non existant, and there are 3 metre high fences with spikes at the top for nearly every building that we could see. The cost of living here is quite low, andrew has decided we will measure everything against hte price of mangos, which is about 1.70 soles a kilo. 1 USD = 3.26 Soles from the money changer on the street. These guys literally carry wads of cash and stand on street corners changing money for anyone that comes past.
There were also a couple of guards standing at the entrance to a building carrying sub machine guns a block from our hotel. Our hotel is quite nice tho and the people are friendly.
It's a totally differnt world from both sydney and new york, but we are looking forward to the tour and the inca trail, especially macchu pichu.
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don't chew on any leaves...
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