And the fun continues...
Well, we are all feeling quite a bit
better now, after a whole heap of sleep and our first quiet night in
ages (in fact, Kim's first night in a bed for days).
We were actually making an attempt to leave yesterday, but got caught
out unexpectedly by a dizzy spell from KC. We had only made it about
500m up the road when KC had to stop and sit down. Given his
condition, we figured it was probably a good idea to postpone our
leaving Arequipa, even though we have now stayed here twice as long as
we planned.
Later in the day after my last post on this site, Kim & Kara had
slept for many hours while I continued drinking, and Casey staggered
around, lacking coordination and still in quite a bit of pain (not
surprisingly!). Eventually, Kim & Kara got up and started drinking
and playing pool with us, but KC was constantly bumping balls, moving
them back to the wrong positions, and even falling on the table. We
all just thought he was drunk still (
coz
he did have at least a couple of drinks during that day) but given his
near blackout the following day (yesterday) and the fact that he can
not actually remember yesterday, we are now wondering if it was not as
much to do with a weird manifestation of concussion as it was the
drinks. Either way, he is feeling much better now. His chin is not
hurting as much today, and he has regained coordination, after 2 he has
had 2 quiet nights. So we have booked our tickets for an overnight bus
from 9pm tonight.
On the other hand, when Casey decided to go pass out 2 nights ago, Kim,
Kara & I decided to go out with the locals and other travellers yet
again, and proceeded to have another crazy night. No one was injured
this time, thankfully, but none of the three of us got any sleep until
well after midday yesterday, and in fact Kim did not get to sleep again
until after we all went with to see Kara off on her bus to La
Paz. Having already done La
Paz,
none of us are going with her, but for quite a while Kim seriously
considered taking off with her and catching up with us again in Lima in
a few more days. Anyway, Kara has left now and we are off in a
different direction today. We will hopefully all catch up with her
again when she comes to
Aus
or we go to this Burning Man festival in America that she told us so
much about. She is also planning on touring Europe at the same time
that I am, so I might end up cruising with her then. We will wait and
see.
We are all doing pretty well today, though each of us has residual
problems from the last few days. Mine is that the cold I picked up
from Kara combined with multiple other factors, and thus yesterday and
so far today, I have no voice!
Anyway, KC is hassling me about getting moving, so I am off for now. Tonight we bus to
Iqua,
to spend a day checking out the nearby Nazca Lines, and Dune Board near
the oasis. Probably the next day, we will head to Lima, to deal with
KCs passport issues, which will probably take a couple of days.
All the best and stay cool everyone,
Col
