Tuesday, July 25...the saga continues

After a very long, but uneventful trip (thankfully), we made it to Lima last night about 11:30 with all our travelers and all our luggage. The trip was smooth sailing, including making it through customs without a single person getting the red light...which means stop and let´s open your bags so everyone can see all your undies and such. Actually, it´s not that bad anymore since the Lima airport has joined the 21st century and bought an x-ray machine. From there, the group had to split due to in country transportation issues. The Nuckolls, Brewers, Sumralls and Brad Cummings stayed at the airport to catch the early morning flight to Cajamarca, while the rest of us (Millers, Blankenships, Covingtons, Chris Lorch and I [Naomi]) came to the Hotel Boulevard and got a room about 2 AM. I felt bad about some of us getting to sleep in a bed while the others had to camp out at the airport for a few hours...sorta. The first group should be at Cajamarca, fed breakfast and resting by now. The rest of us had a bite of breakfast at the hotel and then walked about 10 blocks down to Starbucks for dessert. Afterwards, I insisted on taking James O. (and the others) on a tour of E Wongs, which Chris described earlier as the local Wal Mart super center. I told James he might get some ideas to take back to his grocery stores at home. He quickly nixed the idea of valet parking, as well as having the carry out boys wearing panchos and sombreros, along with the grand piano and live entertainment. And, can you believe he doesn´t think the idea of selling fresh octopus would go over in Melbourne? We are back at the hotel and waiting on Jamina to come pick us up at noon and take us back to the airport (about a 45 minute drive) for our 3 PM flight to Cajamarca. We are anxious to get there and start to work in the morning. Will talk to you later!
PS-Chris, I enjoyed looking at the pictures you posted. They are great. I can see I´ve lost my duties as head ear washer to Senor David and Jan. YaHoo!