Days 12-15 - Being Lazy in Lima

The following takes place between Thursday, December 9 and Sunday, December 12, 2010

In regular Western Hemisphere countries, like Canada and the United States, people get, on average, two weeks of vacation a year. These usually involve short trips that are filled to the brim with plans(Day one this, day two that, GO GO GO). Vacations are rarely used to relax. Sure, if you go to a resort, you’re relaxing. But is it really that relaxing? You know you have to return at the end of that 7 day trip. By the time you truly relax, it’s time to stress again to catch that flight home so you can get back home, into your suit, and back to the office.

Why am I saying this?

Because I just finished my “two week vacation.” And I spent it completely, truly, relaxing.

And it’s still going.

Day 10, Stranger in a Strange Land

The following takes place on December 7, 2010

Having connections are great. It’s even better when it is your first time in a foreign country completely on your own. While the first week visiting Ottawa and the GTA were nice, they were by far baby steps. Once I stepped off that Delta airplane in Lima, the rules changed. I was in a completely different country. I was on a completely different continent.