We are in Huaraz region of Peru and wow, what a change from Guatemala! We have been amazed at how nice people are here, even coming out of their homes to wait for a bus with us, and even, on occasion, having students come up and want a picture with us...freak show anybody?!? They specifically asked for a photo with the gringos, which we had taken but absolutely no doubts allowed said we were from England, not that that makes much difference here, everybody is so welcoming. We have done some treking, but with the majority just over 4000m, us poor lowland Brits are finding it somewhat hard to breath...it´s taken us an entire week to fully aclimatize so we can even walk along beside a lake at 4250m and not feel out of breath. We
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