9-6 (Saturday)

I slept great last night and didn't get up until almost 8:00. Barbara waited until this morning to take her shower and there was no hot water.

We decided to go to the Gold Museum today. We asked at the desk if we could walk. They assured us it was way too far. We took off walking anyway just to see the sights and how far we could get. After 3 hours (1:30 in the afternoon) we decided we'd better take a cab. We kept stopping cabs but couldn't agree on a price. We kept walking. Finally we met up with the cutest guy who was on his way to play volleyball. He said when the drivers see foreigners they jack up the prices. We alreay knew that. Anyway he bargained for us and finally found some poor sucker who agreed to take us. It was a loooong way even after we had walked the three hours.

The museum was interesting with lots of old knives, swords, helments, guns, saddles, mummies and Gold! We were both light headed and ready to faint so we ate a gross lunch around 3:30.

We bargained hard for a cab back to the hotel. We walked away when we couldn't come to terms and the driver finally came running after us. We came up on the price and he came down. When we got back to the hotel we paid him and walked away. He started yelling that we owed him one more sole. I know Barbara gave him the right amount because we counted it out together. Of well, outwitted again.

Tomorrow we have hired a private car to take us from her to China so we can fly over the Nazca Line. We leave here at 4:30 a.m. and won't get back until 11:00 p.m.