Our Arrival

Right now the biggest thing on my mind is the exact plans for when we arrive in Peru--we get into Lima at around 11pm on Sunday the 25th. So, what do we do when we get there? We're expected at a mission in Ica, Peru as soon as we can get there... give or take a day. Well, Ica is 200KM (as close as I can measure on Google Maps) from Lima by highway--which while it is only 2 hours straight shot by car, it is closer to five or six--or more!--by bus. We will, during the trip, be blessed with the beautiful Peruvian desert, which will, depending on the bus, afford some wonderful photo ops along the way. Something to look forward to.

The weather in Ica today will be 75°F, so I'm assuming it'll be about the same in two weeks. Medium humidity, no wind. The city is supposed to be a very nice place to stay. But we have to work the minute (day?) we get there, so who knows if we'll have a lot of time to enjoy it. I'm sure Tania, our director, will be willing to show us around.

Anyway, the quandary is this: do we stay in Lima overnight, try to take a bus, rent a car, get picked up, or what? I emailed Tania today to ask her what she thinks we should do as far as getting to Ica, so hopefully I'll have my answer by the end of the day. Last time we were in Lima (2-3 years ago now), we stayed in a nice hostel called Hotel España--a little on the pricy (relative of course to the rest of Peru) side, something like $18 a night for two. I emailed them as well today, to see how much rooms are now. At least the exchange rate remains much the same as it was last time we were there: about three Peruvian Soles to the US Dollar.

Well, we shall know soon what the plans are for when we arrive. It might be nice to stay in a hotel the first night and not have to work immediately after spending 24 hours straight in transit. Then make a leisurely trip across the countryside to Ica, arriving sometime the night of the 26th (and starting work on the 27th).

We will see what happens. Our posts might be a little few and far between right now because not a lot is going on, and once again when we start work, depending on internet access. I hear there are some places in the world that don't have WiFi around every corner!!! I think some of the missions in the mountain are like that.

Anyway, enough for now. I'll try to post again when I know exactly what the plans are for our arrival in Ica.
-Will