End (?) of Trip*

Things I shall not miss:

-- drinking (potable) water out of sterile urine specimen cups

-- having a toilet that does not flush .. or is flushed with buckets of dirty

water splashed in it

-- filthy bathrooms during travel/clinic times

-- enormous amounts of dust and clay; not being able to breathe, burning

eyes, sore throat

-- altitude sickness

-- the big black spider in my room

-- not being able to brush my teeth with water from

the tap

THINGS I SHALL MISS DEARLY:

-- the Peruanos

-- "Hierba Luisa" (Herbal tea with 'powers'), Lúcuma (fruit) ice cream, chirimayo (white fruit), Aguayanta marmalade, Andean potatoes

-- the medical students (huge)

-- speaking Spanish every day

-- my doc friends

-- the waterfalls, Urubama River, mountains,

mist on the mountains

*To begin with the end in mind.."

(The Ghosts of Machu Picchu)