Around 1:30AM I was roused by the sound of the door tappings of Mike, Susy, Kat, and Robert. I was so happy they made it safely, but then quickly crashed again.
The next day Frances took us to Starbucks (Robert and Kat were so happy!) and then dropped us off near some large stores so Kat could look for a swimming suit for the hot springs we will be going to later on our voyage. Susy then went with me on the local minivans about 45 minutes to the camera store to try to get my video camera fixed. The vehicles reminded us very much of the vans in Africa, except the music wasn´t quite as loud. When we got to the shop, I was going to show Susy what was wrong with my camera, and suddenly it worked. We laughed, turned around, and went back to Miraflores to meet the rest of our group at the Sanguicheria.
We ate our sandwiches in the hostel patio, and then were taken to the coast to go paragliding!! It was so awesome. My ¨driver¨ Michael asked if I like roller coasters and then we bounded all over the air above the Pacific Ocean, rocks and buildings of Miraflores. I also got some great shots of the Love Park. After my flight I speedwalked to the Brazillian Embassy, successfully obtained my visa, and returned to explore the Love Park a bit more.
The rest of the afternoon we unfortunately spent in the bank changing traveler´s checks and in a travel agency getting tickets to Iquitos and Cuzco. We only had a short time until our flight to Iquitos, so we got a quick greasy supper and took off to the airport.
Then perhaps God intervened. In the airport Susie recognized a man from a mission video she randomly had seen with her roommate about a month ago. She went up to him, and not remembering his name, asked if he worked with orphans. He indeed was Paul from the video. We ended up talking to him for a long time and decided to stay with him and his mission in Iquitos after Jonathon met us at our hostel we had already booked for the first night in the town.
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