Salut from Lima, Peru. We are here in the Flying Dog Hostel. We will be leaving today on a bus to Ica. We flew in to Lima yesterday and are heading out today. Wednesday, in Iquitos we took a boat to a reserve/zoo like thing. It was a cool place. We got to hold two-toed sloths, boa constrictors, and baby caimen. That was a really cool part. Also, there were macaws that we held. They had several kinds of monkeys there. They were cool but extremely dirty. It's amazing to see how they use their tails as another type of arm. There was a mountain lion there and two jaguars. There wasn't a whole lot to see there but we got to hold animals and still got to see the jaguars and pumas. Lima is an alright city but nothing special. I really felt like I was at home yesterday when we ate at KFC. We both got running shoes and went for a run along the beach last night. I stayed up til 1 in the morning playing PS2 with one of the guys that works here. That was pretty cool, too. I'll check in when we get to Ica!

Phil