Breakin' the law (but not really)

Ahhh the advantages of traveling to countries that are friendly with the US's foes: Picking up a genuine Cuban cigar (known as a purro) for relatively cheap and savoring it out in the open. While no laws were broken (seeing as Peru and Cuba are simpatico), it still felt the tiniest bit like committing a crime.

Peru's capital city re-welcomed us to modernity of high-rises and supermalls, and after several days in the mountains we welcomed the bright lights and late nights. Not too many pictures of our time here, just a few from the shoreline of the very popular Miraflores neighborhood.

For the sake of science (in a moment of adolescent curiosity regarding elemental something-or-other, as he puts it) Andrew saved an empty water bottle last opened at the peak of our hike in Huaraz. Here is a picture of the effect of atmospheric pressure on a closed container. The bottle on the right came down from an elevation of ~4500 meters to sea level, and the bottle on the left is for enhancing dramatic effect (has undergone no known elevation change).