lovely lima

view from apt
Originally uploaded by rswells.

i arrived around 1am wednesday morning. not much to say about the flight, save how american tourists--already donning their hiking boots and phrasebooks--flooded the plane. i think most of them were headed towards machu picchu. a mother also walked her daughter to the lavatory using one of those child leashes.

after getting settled here in lima, i've recently made some initial rounds with my hostess, tali, and the social calendar is already set up for the next few nights with parties and rock bands. yesterday, the sun shone, but today the smog overwhelms. if you look out from my window, the pervasive gray makes it seem as if the world stops after a certain distance. i think i'll have to head for the countryside within the next week. upcoming posts should include the following: a description of the neighborhood; a mini-thesis on taxi drivers and security guards; and an eye-witness account of the nearby hotel that lodges 2 dolphins and the barside show that they perform.