Today was a do-nothing day. Well, not exactly. We walked, and walked, and walked some more. We heard an independence day parade going by, so we stopped a little while for that. Peruvian Independence day is July 28. We took a LOT of pictures today and I will post as many as I can. We walked all over Pimentel looking for a decent place to eat that was not on the beach. We finally abandoned that line of thinking and went back to the beach restaurants. Sometimes when you see the behind the scenes of these places, it makes you wonder how any of us survive. Hint: If you want to enjoy your lunch, don't check out the kitchen area. Anyway, we wound up having fish. Rose had hers sudado and I had mine chicharon style; ... read more

Well, yesterday was a fun day. I learned a new Spanish word, marcapaso, which means pacemaker. I just had one of those installed in my chest about one week prior to leaving the States. It started oozing a little and Rose freaked out. She made me call my cardiologist using our Skype connection via the laptop (www.skype.com). Long story short, cardiologist said, "Get thee to the nearest emergency room or clinic and get checked out." I walked to where I thought I had seen a clinic, asked a policeman where was a clinic (Look, I'm starting to think in Spanish.) and he gave me very precise directions to the Good Hope Clinic in Miraflores (http://www.goodhope.org.pe/) and I got an appointment for the same day at 2:20pm. Rose and I walked back to the clinic and checked ... read more