Progress

Well, we have successfully arrived to our first destination to the rest of the world!!

Currently, I am typìng on a computer with unknown and mysterious symbols I can´t decipher despite my limited Spanish skills in a small internet cafe two blocks from my new humble abode. After four complete days with no belongings, no change of clothes, no toothpaste or deoderant (I´ll let your mind wander on the repprocussions of that..), and only one cold shower, we arrived in Piura to our new apartment WITH our bags back in stowe. The place is completely satisfying: a small kitchen with a portable stove (perhaps like one would take with them camping; a perfectly clean and desirable bathroom despite the freezing temperature of the water; and two beds shoved together to form a slightly uncomfortable and lumpy cot. We live on a safe street with the rather wealthy residents in the district, and we have been blessed with an incredible family to take care of us; Wily is an engineer in Peru and his wife Lali is a journalist and teacher – two very intelligent people with English skills struggling but improving rapidly as they host a Peace Corps volunteer and two crazy Oklahomans traveling the world.

No complaints as of yet. I miss my hot shower, and I miss peanut butter (foudn in the market, but severely pricey) But all in all, I feel the ease of existence I´ve been longing for. Perhaps not having a home is, ironically, where I feel most at home.

An unanticipated, slow start

Well, after storms and a 6 hour wait in OKC, a smokey cheap room in Houston for the evening, a re-route through Central America, and much distress as to the location of our luggage out there in “bag land”…. we arrived to Lima a day and a half late, last night around 11:00. To no surprise, ALL of our luggage is lost. We truly have nothing but the clothes on our back, some Spanish literature, and the company of each other (which has served as a satisfying breath of fresh air amidst the storm). Because we were re-routed to so many different flights, our original reservation has no pertinance and our bags could literally be anywhere. We have filled out a baggage claim report and will get on a Bus to Piura tonight, at least there we have an apartment and a family who wants to help us. Today, in Lima, we will buy some essentials so we don´t stink anymore (deoderant, TOOTHPASTE!, and maybe a new t-shirt.). We have proudly worn the OK flag around the world so far but its beginning to get a little sticky.

We are alive, however, and are receiving more of an adventure than we asked for!

We may never see those lovely backpacks again…