Reader: $30.25

Monday, August 13, 2007

$30.25

To leave Peru via Chavez Airport in Lima Peru, you must ransom yourself for $30.25. Or is that bail? Or is that admission to anywhere other than Peru? I have no idea.

Any and everyone with the means should get a passport and get out of the United States, if only for a short time. If you do, and you stay gone long enough to feel what it might be like NOT to be an American, being out of here will help you understand both the gifts and curses of being from (if you are) this country. More on this later.

That said, it is good to be back in the United States of America. I have a lot to say about Peru, how great a country it is, how lovely the people, how utterly different the values, the way of life, the everything... and also there was that four day hike to Machu Picchu to cover... but I can't say much of any of it right now because I have to get back to the airport and fly to Raleigh, NC to a meeting tomorrow. What joy is mine.

Summary: It is good to be home. I have missed you.*

*Even though I don't know who you are, or who I am. I have missed typing stuff and hitting the orange button. It had become a habit (past perfect tense) and I mean to get back to it.

1 comment:

Woodrow said...: Can't wait to hear all about it.; August 14, 2007 at 12:14 PM

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Who are these people?

Bibi - God bless the guy who gets Bee. I can't even think of anything obnoxious to say about her. She can eat pasta without gaining weight, she can run the ridges at Gertrude's Nose with no fear, and she is by miles the best climber of all of us. She's going to Kili with us. Hell, she'll be leading.
Buzz Elder Brother. Cross me at your peril.
Jib computer wizard, entrepreneur, stand-up comedian, stand-up guy I can count on to catch a movie and hold hands in the dark without it having any meaning whatosever. Every woman needs a man like Jib.
Joe - locquacious, flirtatious, 40-something hiking buddy - also, ex-manfriend of Pax.
Larry, WPITW - climber, hiker, badass (not in the good way, either). At a given moment, at least half of us are not speaking to him.
Liam - My nephew, whose favorite words are "noing," "Bobby," "dumptruck," "job-site" and "Daddy." He also says "obstreperous" "pulchritudinous" and "Nina" upon request.
Merry - Australian BFF spends the summers on a yacht, nannying for a celebrity couple with two children. She lives in a brownstone and she has a chauffeur. And we have no idea who she works for.
Newsy has been my friend for about 22,000 hours. Or more. I don't have a calculator. She has about 3423% more professional and personal commitments than I do, and yet she still finds time to think about me. I find this astonishing. If you knew her, you'd be astonished, too.
Pax - climber, hiker, corporate warrior, used to date Joe. Sticks by Larry in spite of his horribleness. None of us understands this.
Skatey- he rides a skateboard. He can dance. He can throw a frisbee and he's not bad at karaoke, either.
Sri - Bengali princess who, aside from kicking my ass at climbing, and aside from being a smokin' hiker, brought down the evil empire of Larry and also once told me that "even girls' are turned on my breasts." Also never turns down "one more round."
Supajewie - Long distance drinking buddy, just about the only person I know who "gets it". And no, she's not Jewish. It's a long story.
Tex - is what happens when you take a normal man, add alcohol, subtract common sense and tact, and then buy him another drink.

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I teach English, and I sometimes get a emotional about grammar, punctuation, and usage. I sometimes write posts about other people's grammar - or mine. This does not mean, however, that my blog is without errors. I constantly go back and edit for typos and sometimes even... misspelled words *clutching skull and gagging*. If you find a mistake feel free to call me out on it. I will persist in making mistakes whether I attempt to catch them or not, and I will continue to be my bitchy English teacher self despite my capacity to screw up just as often as the next person... and maybe more.