I successfully talked one of my college friends, Angie, to fly down to Peru and travel with me for a little over a week. I was so excited to see her and travel around with her. For those of you who know Angie and I, we are probably 2 of the loudest Americans and stand out like a sore thumb in Peru, since blonde and redheads are not very common down here. We were told we are very exotic looking, which is funny to me. Since blending was going to be an obvious issue for us, we embraced the stares and cat calls that came from every corner of the streets and had quite an adventure. We could not walk down the streets without everyone one staring at the blonde and the red head. I have been told that I am as red as a crab by a little boy in the airport, his mother then tried to convince me that I am allergic to the sun and should try to not go outside as much as possible (for the record, I thought that I only had a little healthy glow. It is just my healthy glow is a little redder than the Peruvians caramel coloring.) I was told that my hair looks like it is on fire, while Angie looks like Brittany Spears. The two of us caused a ruckus everywhere we went. We have been asked out and proposed too more in the week we were together, than I think even pop-stars have been asked. But don’t worry Mom, Dad and Erik so far the offers haven’t been all that tempting, at least not yet.
We spent our first weekend in Lima, hanging out on the beach, eating wonderful ceviche, learning to salsa from locals and catching up. On Monday we flew to Arequipa in the south of Peru. We stayed in the white city until Thursday when we made our way back to Lima for one last weekend of funJ
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