Arequipa

Sorry we haven't posted in a while. We are alive, not to worry. On Saturday night we left for Arequipa and ten hours later we arrived. We had looked up hostels we might want to stay and found a really great one, and the reviews said the staff were amazing. We didn't make a reservation because we are officially anti paying two dollars every time we book a reservation and lately we've gotten great luck just showing up. So we arrive and there were multiple beds available when I checked just the night before; however, it was 6 am and the woman simply said she was full and that we could come back in a few hours if we wanted a bed. A few hours?? No thanks.

The gentleman next door had a dorm available and we decided to stay there. It's fantastic!! It has a kitchen and internet. It's a five bed dorm and the people are nice. The place is super clean and the staff are really sweet. While we had planned to leave for Lima, then straight onto Tumbes on Wednesday, the buses were full. So instead we have to stay here for a week and we love this hostel so it's okay. We actually quite like the city too. We met this girl Hailey from Ohio and we have had cake with her and then last night we went to this MASSIVE store with her last night to buy dinner. We made stirfry!! And tonight we had leftovers. The first night Katie and I cooked tortilla de españa which was fantastic.

And this afternoon Hailey and I made pancakes because the store has syrup!! Katie and I plan to cook all week! Unfortunately she was sick today so we had a really relaxing day. Our room has cable and we took advantages of watching our favorite shows in English and some in Spanish too! It's been great. She's feeling a bit better, so hopefully tomorrow we're going to try to find a movie theater in order to see Batman!!!! Hailey may join us if she doesn't decide to go to Cusco instead.

We are actually really excited to be just really chill for a week. This city is really big which is great but the hostel is really relaxing. It's a perfect fit especially with the tiny but perfectly efficient kitchen!

Mom's we miss you like crazy. We have our bus tickets and dont worry we are actually back to our old schedule rather than being three days ahead! I can't believe there are only 16 days left. But I'm definitely excited for what each one of those days will bring as we continue our trip up to Ecuador!

Love you all,

Amber


P.S. Happy Freaking Birthday Amber Num. 1 =)