today, coqui y yo rode our bikes up to the hot springs. he was so impressed that we made it in only two hours. i don´t know what it usually is but i do know that mis piernas (legs) are not used to climbing uphill on a mountain bike a couple sizes too small for me. it definitely was not my boyfriend: langster, the gangster.
the vistas were beautiful. we stopped at a roadside statue of mary and jesus to get a photo of huascaran, the second highest peak in sudamerica. que bonita.
the line was too long at the hot springs but we did get ice cream from some old man. i am now remembering what i read about in my lonelyplanet guidebook and am terrified that i will get sick from the homemade ice cream. i suppose it might make the trip more memorable. not.
after that, we took a ´bus´home, squished in with the locals and our bikes up top. we arrived in time for anita and teo, madre y pare de la casa, to invite me to lunch with the rest of the family and some other trekkers. lunch is the most important meal in peru and it was delicious. the hot sauce for the soup and rice kicked any others salsa picante´s butt that i have tried.
tomorrow i leave for a four day trek around the cordillera blanca to sta. cruz. yay!
p.s. coqui is the nephew of teo and anita who lives and studies in roma, italy, but is here for his summer holiday helping them out with caroline lodge. he is defintely helping me with my spanish but i am still so hesitant to start conversations. the other travellers who speak spanish don´t seem to have any time in the world for me who doesn´t speak spanish.
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