Umm, Still Peru

So, as it turns out, I didn't quite make it out of Peru last night.  Alex, a friend I met in Banos, arrived in Mancora yesterday or the day before, and in spite of being very sick the night before, I hung out with him for a while yesterday.  And towards the afternoon, I was just not in the mood to move on, either north or south.  Feeling a lot better at the time, I just didn't want to get in a bus quite yet.  

I moved to a new hostel last night, and the difference between the two is as great as the difference between my last two nights.  In NAIF, the first hostel, I had a private room and bathroom in a very small, family run hostel with a nice little kitchen, a young daughter running around with her friends, and more hammocks than guests.  While I enjoyed it immensely, my final night there was borderline delirious with the fever (maybe over the border), and consisted of me shivering in bed or shivering in the bathroom for the better part of the night.  Loki, on the other hand - a name that has particular importance to me - was quite the opposite of the tranquilo atmosphere provided by NAIF.  The building is beautiful (as you can see here), with a large swimming pool, a big bar, pool table, ping pong, table soccer, volleyball, and perhaps 100 or more guests lounging in posh resort style.  I shared a room with 5 other people, and struggled to get some sleep over the heavy beats being played in the open bar/pool area after hanging out with some Germans until 1:00 AM.  While 1 AM doesn't exist at NAIF, it's early at this hostel, and is the time when may here go out to party somewhere else.  

In any event, I am still in Peru.  I met a couple girls from Germany last night that are headed to Ecuador today, and thought I might join them at least for the bus ride.  I'm guessing I'll head to Montanita overnight tonight, and perhaps spend a day or two there, and then head up to Cali and Bogota to catch a flight home.  I'm down to well under $100, and have about $40 worth of busses, perhaps, to get back to Colombia.  Then another $40 to get to Bogota - but I still have some Colombian pesos for that.  So, perhaps I have $50 left. That may last three days, but, wow, hrmm, this is cutting it close.  

Okay, so another day in Peru, and then north.  As far as you know. 

Note: You can't see here.  Internet connection sucks butt.