Going north!

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Hi!

We´re here in Lima again, but not for long. This afternoon we have a flight for Tumbes, Perú. Tumbes is on the northern coast, a much warmer place than Lima. You see, here in the southern hemisphere going north is like going south at home... meaning that it gets warmer as you travel north. A little confusing...

We plan to spend our remaining two weeks in South America lounging on beaches, crossing as many borders as possible (hopefully to Ecuador and even Colombia), and pursuing a size large Panama hat. We hope to visit the equator, which is, in fact, a big white line painted on the ground in Ecuador where yiou can balance an egg on a nail. No joke. Mariel also hopes to get a tan.

The past few days, though, we have been in and around Lake Titicaca, freezing our butts off. There was ice on the ground! But we did have a good time visiting the cool Bolivian city of Copacabana and the Island of the Sun, in Lake Titicaca. We are all healthy and recovered from guacamole-related incidents, and itching to get back on the road again.

Hope all is well up WAY farther north; we love you and miss you all!!

Mariel and Ben

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