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Lake Titicaca was incredible. You have never seen skies that blue in your life! Well I guess if you have been up to over 15,000 ft. it is likely you have...
I had an awesome few days with a new friend from France who spoke perfect Spanish. But I mean like eloquent-lovely-make-me-wanna-give-up-right-now perfect Spanish. He made me remember why I like traveling alone. Without anything to compare it too it was easy to take for granted things like meeting and talking with lots of new people. He was saying when you travel with friends you tend to just talk to them, hang out with them, etc. Which I imagine can be even more frustrating when they only speak your language. You're not really getting anything out of that.

So. It is now one week until I am back in the United States, pretty much to the hour. I was feeling rather ambivalent about it and all of a sudden I feel this huge urgency to get home! Like this week couldn't pass quickly enough! Good thing because I am leaving a lot of awesome friends and family here and I was worried I wouldn't be willing to go.

My list of things I need to do before I leave:
- Pick up books for auction in Miraflores
- Buy the last few items I have been procrastinating from the artisan shops (and Pisco!)
- Go back to punk music place and buy the CDs I have been lusting after
- Try to hang out with each group of friends at least once
- Visit the non-profit my cousin works at (really should have done that already)
- Go to three really good shows this weekend
- Visit Paracas with my aunt (this is seeming more unlikely with every bullet point)
- Go with my uncle to music store to look at guitars
- Have despedida lunch with family and cry a little

Hmmm I was congratulating myself on having just barely enough money left but looking at how much of my list has to do with buying things I may fall short. Then again that is what credit cards and lack of responsibility are for!