Back on Track

After Lizzie´s scare, we have adapted to make this trip work around our situation. This was already the plan, or, our lack of having an itinerary for this trip is working well. We did not plan much of this trip in the states. Dreams, ideas, plane tickets, a group trek in Maccu Piccu, and a hostel for our first night was all we had.
We took a ¨collectivo¨ taxi from Huancayo to Lima. This meant that upon arrival to the taxi lot, we were mobbed by touts trying to get us to pay them, and not their competetors to drive us to Lima. The second we decided, the excitement wore off as we waited in the car for all of the seats to be filled. The benifit of taking the taxi vs. a bus was speed, as the price was equal. The road from Huancayo to Lima is a long, long mountain pass covering almost an entire lateral section of the Andes. Thus, the small taxi is able to cover the same distance 2 hours quicker than the buses, making our planned driving time a mere five hours. Of course, nearly half way through the trip west, we were stopped by a protest against local government, and held up for three hours sitting on the road in a small Peruvian town. But we made it.
After a tense taxi trip the next morning, we arrrived to a nice, modern hospital. This was a relieving change to the hospital we visited in Huancayo. There, Lizzie paid to have her bite wounds cleaned in an open, no-curtain room next to a woman giving birth. Uncomfortable to say the least. Also there, Lizzie was encouraged to get their rabies vaccination (vacuna antirabica). This vaccine wouldve been applied once every day for seven days, then once again in a week, and again two weeks after that. Fortunately, through Lizzie´s parents we were able to find out that the treatment for rabies never involves a seven day regiment. She wouldve, in fact, been recieving some sort of placebo vaccine to get us out of thier hair. So we ran. Back to the hospital in Lima.
There we were greeted by English speaking staff, modern looking rooms, and short wait times. Our doctor and nurse both spoke english, and quickly were able to get the vaccines needed, and give Lizzie her first two of four shots. Still though, we learned that we will have to return to Lima on the 29th of June, seven days after the first vaccinations, and again twenty-one days later to get her last vaccinations. This is how we will be structuring the rest of our trip through Peru. Wereturned to our hostel, excited of the professionalism of the hospital and the good news.
Our first time in Lima, our hostel was a 15 sole (around 5 USD) taxi ride to the historic center of the city. This time around, we found a hostel 2 blocks from the center plaza, or Plaza Mayor. From there we enjoyed Lima, visiting the Plaza, seeing the cathedrals and government buildings, took a tour of a courthouse and tourture chamber from the inquisition, and bought English novels to replace the few we brought. After the night, we concluded our second stay in Lima and got on an early bus to Paracas, a small beach town south of Lima. Update to follow, but its time for some dinner in Nasca.