Dec. 21st (Tue.) Cuzco

We arrived at Lima and flew to Cuzco. It takes 20 hours by bus and 1 hour by plane. So we saved time and energy. Although it is summer in Peru it is not very hot. It is a little chilly. Cuzco was a capital of Inca and its altitude is 3,660m. I like the town but it is really tough to walk around because there are many steps around downtown. Town is like a bowl and downtown is the bottom. Our hostel is on the hill. I had to take a rest before climing up to the hostel. Today I had cuy for dinner. Cuy is ginny pig, (morumotto). It was like a greasy chicken. There was not much meat and it was difficult to eat.

Dec. 20th (Mon.) Miami

My boyfriend and I stayed in his uncle's house in Miami. His family was very nice and surprisingly his daughter studies Japanese at her middle school. We went to an island for sightseeing. There I ate dolphin for lunch! Dolphin is a fish but it is not IRUKA, real dolphin. The American call a kind of fish dolphin although it is not a real dolphin. The plate of fish was about 5 dollars cheeper than one in Philly. I am so jealous. Although we could not go to Peru today but I had a good time with his relatives in Miami. It is a good starter of my trip.

Dec. 19th (Sun.)

Today I left for PERU!!! I come back to Philadelhia January 7th. I spend Christmas and New Year in Peru. I wanted to go there for a long time but I did not plan because it is too far from Japan and a flight ticket is expensive. So I was thinking that I travel to Peru while I am in the US. The time has finally come. I am so happy about it. However, flight from Philadelphia was delayed because of the bad weather... So I missed the connection from Miami to Peru.