Lima Cuzco

Monday the team visited the Inka Market in the morning. The guys played soccer with the men from Gracia Divina in the afternoon. I thought we would play for an hour but they had other plans. About 2 hours into the scrimmage I suggested to Sixto that we may need to go. I'm not sure what the score was butit felt like we were there long enough to score at least 100 goals. If I'm going to play soccer, I have to do it more than once every 2 years.

We said good bye to Lima at the San Antonio Restaurant. This is one of the few restaurants in Lima where you can eat the salads. Everyone ordered salads:) Andrew ordered a 5-course meal that included a huge salad, tamales, a frozen drink, ice cream, coffee and bottled water. He also finished before the rest of us. Going to be hard to maintain him on these mission trips!

Tuesday morning we flew on LanPeru to Cuzco. It is a 52 minute flight. Cuzco sits at 13000 feet in the Southeastern Peruvian Andes. As recommended, we spent the afternoon getting acclimated to the altitude. It is amazing how you can lose your breath just by walking too fast. A couple of us got all the symptoms of altitude sickness: nausea, fatigue, and dizziness. We all drank tons of coca tea. This is supposed to reduce the effects of the high elevation.

This morning we have supper with a local missionary and then are off to visit the area around Cuzco including the ruins at Piquuillacta and the water system at Tippon. The sun is very bright so sun glasses and sun screen are the order of the day.

Struggling again with the photo uploads but will get them to you as soon as I can.