My itinerary

This is what I know so far about my travel itinerary

Sept 7: arrival in Lima
Nov 8: Lima - Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Dec 3: Sao Paulo - home sweet home

First month in Peru should be seeing the country. I'd like to spend some ten days to two weeks trekking, would like to explore some archeological sites, but there's also jungle, rafting, cities like Cusco, Arequipa. There's just too much to do in this country. I'd also love to see a bit of Bolivia, but we'll see where we get.
The plan is then to volunteer at an orphanage in the Sacred Valley for maximum one month. You can check it out at www.samanawasi.com. I already feel like I won't have enough time for all of this. Let's take it day by day.

Three and a half more days to go. I need to get out of this country before I spend my entire budget buying stuff. Bought a gore-tex paclite jacket (it weighs absolutely nothing!) and a fleece that i maaaaaybe didn't really need. But ok.
My travel companion is Heather, a wonderful American girl I worked and travelled with in the US. She's fearing her airline company might file for bancrupcy, in the wake of hurricane Katrina's evildoings (Oh Katrina, cruel woman, what are you doing to those people?). Heather will do the whole trip with me, including Brazil, but she won't do treks with me because of bad knees. She is also more interested in homestays in rural areas - something I guess I won't participate in.

This weekend we had a belated homewarming party at our place. Just like you realize how much you enjoy your health when you've lost it, I suddenly realized all the more how I like my circle of friends, right when I'm about to say byebye to them for a couple of months. Why is it so difficult to really "live every day as if it were your last"?
Damn, I'm already getting sentimental and I haven't even left yet.