Day 2 - Thanksgiving on the river

Captains log:

Today, instead of wasting time cooking mass amounts of food that would never totally be eaten, and cleaning for hours afterwards with a miserably full stomach while the "guys" watch the Dallas Cowboys get beat (yes, we know it was Cincinatti vs. Pittsburgh, but that´s not tradition yet), we decided to go rafting amongst the volcanoes of the Andes. How untraditional of us. Really, it was a simple tourist rafting route with classes 2-4 rapids and lots of rocks due to the low season. But if you´re not Kyle Drake or Brian Howard or the likes, it was awesome. We were in the raft with a couple world travelers, one from Ireland and the other from England, who had some interesting stories. Our river guide was Argentine, and it felt good to hear the accent since that was the birth of my Castellano (Kelly--she´s refering to Spanish). Our other guide, who took pictures of us with his Blackberry (since his 3 other cameras were stolen), was absolutely crazy and hilarious. He was a white guy with blond hair who would get passionately offended when asked where he was from. He´s pure Peruvian, but apparently he gets asked every day of his life because he sure doesn´t look Peruvian. He´s from Lima. Here´s a photo of us just before we got in the 50 degree F water. They were gracious enough to supply us with wetsuits and chocolate. Both very important. We will post more photos of us screaming over nothing on the river later.

Please check out the "Pictures of Peru" link to see more of our trip.