Hey guys, Melissa and I are in snow-covered Connecticut trying to finish up preparations. We dropped the ball by not making an appointment with a travel doctor in time; fortunately we don't need anything in order to get down there, but once we're there we'll have to get a yellow fever vaccination and some malaria meds before we go to any jungle areas. That should come later, though - we fly into Lima on Monday, then the plan is to hop on a bus and start heading down to Chile along the coast, dip down through the Lakes Region of Patagonia to do some hiking, back up through Argentina's wine country, then explore the Peruvian highlands, the headwaters of the Amazon, and loop over the mountains and through Ecuador's forests, back down the coast to Lima. A little bit of everything.
Right now she's finishing up her grad school applications for the fall, while I'm setting up a profile for us on couchsurfing.com and waiting to watch the inaugural address on youtube since I missed it live because of work. Enjoy your Superbowl parties, and be safe!
