Just a quick note that I will be joining my brother in Peru for 20 days. I leave on Thursday. I am both excited and apprehensive of what he has in store for me.

See, some of his gear is lost and it is quicker to fly me in with replacements than going through customs (yeah, you read that right: free trip! Though, under awful circumstances, I admit. And I do feel some guilt being so happy about it…).

I’ll fly to Lima and stay a few days as we await his reissued passport (it was lost also). Then, we head northeast to Iquitos, an Amazon city only accessible by boat or plane. And I’ll fly home.

Cool, right?