Day 1 -14th of February - Amsterdam - Lima

Woke up early in the morning, with 1000 things on my mind an no to-do list. Why waste the time writing down the things to do?! Just do it and remember later the things not done.. And just do them. Live now, sleep later! Got out in the Amsterdam cold, frozen my ass to the orthodontist. Got explanations on what braces and jaw surgery might do with my teeth. Sounds dangerous. Why can't I get a punch in the face and 3-days recovery?! It might get dirty, but at least that's a fast option ;)

Forgot about breaking teeth and packed the last items for South America. Together with that, packing for London. My uncle's car seems to small to handle all luggage.. But I say good-bye to my baby and head to Schiphol.

According to the plan, I meet up Gya and take the coffee-slow way to boarding to Lima. We're lucky enough to get upgraded to business class and start the trip with a glass of champagne. We chit-chat most of the day rather than planning our trip.. Happy times! :) 14 hours later, we land flat-bummed in Lima.. Need to move. We take the first taxi to Miraflores. Literally the first taxi. We negotiate in unknown currency and the bank card doesn't even work.. The taxi driver is also a salsa teacher, his son plays cymbals and they can all dance to musica negra. He promises us to show us where they play this music.. He forgets all about it when we get to the hotel, just wants to get loads of money. We confuse him with 3 different currencies and exchange rates, after all, we work in finance ;)

We get a pick up from Goth lady M. She's a real Peruvian who lived all over the world. So she shows us that everything is happening in Barranco and the place to be - this shabby huge bar filled with Mar de Copas fans. This is the name of an oldie but goldie rock band original from Peru. We take a cocktail and enjoy the hot weather of Lima. 3 hours later, we're wasted from the flight and the concert, we slip away in a seguro taxi, the sight of the bed is just perfect.