cho-ke-ki-RAU

Today, I have done very little except chat with people staying in my hotel. Lots of interesting folks here. Lots of conversations about "energy". I find myself often trying to explain about Japan. Coincidentally, I see the occasional Japanese tour group in town. I want so badly to speak to them, but I feel too hazukashii (shy). Sometimes, they seem like visitors from another world. The younger ones are impeccably well dressed. Tomorrow morning at 4:30 am, I depart for Choquequirau, and I will therefore not be blogging again until (earliest) Saturday.

A nice American gal gave me her mother's email address, because she's a neurologist, and an expired ticket to Machu Picchu, with which she's pretty sure I can gain admission. Score!