Whoa, okay. So I was just out on the river, with Cesar and the boat operator guy. I think his name was Samuel. Or I guess, Samuèl. Anyway we watched the last ghostly lights of sunset disappear behinnd us as the huge sky made way for bright stars, as we began our little hunt for nocturnal animals. There are lots of bats! We saw a couple of caymans (like alligators) pretty close-up. They are sinister-looking little dudes. The moon came up slow and burning orange like a soft imitation of the sun. It was awesome.

Anyway, I've been up since 6am-ish and it's been a very full day. Just wanted to say that we just got word late this afternoon that the strike in Cuzco is over, people are taking care of us and our travel arrangements incredibly well, and things -should- go smoothly tomorrow, and we will be heading to Macchu Picchu. It's been a lot of fun. This place has really begun to grow on us.


Oh yeah, and Cesar is a guy who works here who's been like, our guide dude for everything in the past four days. Actually right now, we're the ONLY guests here. I put forward a motion to have a raucous party. We'll see how that goes. Anyway, Cesar is a wicked dude. He lent me his computer, actually, and that's what I'm typing on. I was like, "¿Hey Cesar, what's going on here? Is this a windows system made to look like a Mac?" And he was like, "Jes, it is Peruvian ingenius." Oh, brother. Anway, you'll see him in two episodes. You will love him.

I hope there is still dinner. I'm gonna go investigate that.