That's right, it's Jeremy, also known as Ptero, also known as the creator of the Man-Ox shirt. He took some time off from work to come down and join us, and in an act of supreme kindness also brought along 4 Butterfinger bars for us. I'd show you pictures of the Butterfingers, but they didn't last long enough to be photographed.
We went to the Peru Treks office to pay for our trek on Saturday, and got involved in what felt like a shell game. There is rampant forgery of U.S. dollars in Peru, so you can't use bills that are in anything less than pristine condition. Several of ours were in less than ideal shape, so they wouldn't take them. Then, as if that's not enough, they also won't accept $100 bills with certain serial numbers (evidently there's a particular series that's popular for forging). Eventually we got it all straightened out, though.
We spent the first night playing Oh Hell! and listening to cheesy '80's music.
The next day we visited Koricancha Temple/Santa Domingo. Basically the Spaniards co opted the existing Incan temple and built their structure on top of it. The Incan stone work is mortar less and basically perfect, while the Spanish work is, well less so.
There's a painting on display in the museum that I really like:
It's meant to represent the Incan understanding of the universe, and was painted by Miguel Araoz Cartagena.
The night before we left for our trek we had dinner at Indigo, and actually managed to get some spicy food - Yay!
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