I got up today, feeling a bit better, but still sick. For the first time, I felt that there was light at the end of the dark tunnel...I took a shower, and the shower was sooo hot! I loved it! This was an amazing hostel! I was meeting with a cousin of Jesli (a friend of Eric). Her name was Eugenia, and she spoke perfect English. I was meeting her at 8pm, tonight. So I had the day to explore the city. I started out by going to the Museum of Coca. A history of the...

It was 4am, and I could not sleep. My throat was so inflammed that I was scared that it was going to close completely. IMy nose was completely blocked , and everytime that I would blow my nose, there would be blood. I was in desperate need of water, but everything was closed. No one was awake in the hostel, and I was starting to panic. I was pacing back and forth in my room, waiting for time to pass by. I finally decided to go seek help outside. I open the door,...

I got up today with a fever. I wanted to see the doctor, again, but the clinic was closed. I was leaving this morning at 7:30am to Copacabana. I had as many things as I could to naturally make me feel good: a banana, Carmomille tea, and fresh orange juice. These things did make me feel sufficiently better. The bus ride was going to be around 3 hours plus the time at the border of Peru and Bolivia. At the border, I felt that the immigration police did not really ...

I left Arequipa at 8:30 in the morning. I was feeling a bit better, because I had some fresh orange juice for breakfast with a banana. I was hoping that when I got to Puno, I would be able to catch the Copacabana bus right away. I wasn't planning on staying in Puno, because everything I could do here, I could do in Copacabana as well (both of the cities border lake Titicaca). I got to Puno at 2:30 exactly, but I had to wait a long time for my backpack. When I fi...

We had to get up today at 5am, because we had a long walk ahead of us. Our guide told us that we were not going to have breakfast right away...only when we get to the top of the mountain. We had a 3 hour hike up a steep, very steep mountain. At the beginning, it wasn't so bad. I had Machu Picchu under my belt, so I felt I could do anything at this point. However, an hour passed, and I was running low on water and snacks for energy. Luckily, there was a women, ha...