The Cast of Characters

The Aussie Angel








Matias










Nacho








Mark and Lewis, aka The Welsh boys







Lucas, aka the Brazilian








Martin, aka the Swedish Spoon








The Columbian Cousins










Carlos aka Pablo Escobar







Guy and Stewart

Kerri gives a shout out to:

Jockey's Ridge for the sand skills
Bus from Puno to Arequipa for showing me a new low in bus travel
Bolivia- for changing the visa rules
my super shoes
Kulo!
simply sleep meds
Knob Creek in Cusco
The Cuy- I'm sorry, i had to do it. besides, Jesus did.
Joaquin- for the steam room and lovely stay
Mark and Lewis aka the Welsh boys- for the best laughs of the trip and giving our bus the wonderful aroma of morning after alcohol
Dona Ines Hostal: everyone there for the food, fun and rowdy times!
Carlos- being my blackout buddy and sending me home in the magic cab
Guy/Fiona/Shelly/Stewart- for sticking around for the "slovenly" sunset and finally getting the money shot, hell yeah delinquents
Pablo- for inspiring me to go to South America in the first place
Nooner- for all the travel advice. Peru was a complete success bec. of you!
Nacho- for the cheesiness
The Columbian Cousins- for the icecream, music siesta in the park and absolute perfect day
Habermans- for the airport transport, breakfast, enduring the buzzrat photo and reading the blog. :)
Mom and Dad- for giving me the genes to look German, thanks a lot ;) and always encouraging travel.
Kyle- for having every dirty hippy remind me of you :) haha
Lauren- for letting me text torture you with photos
and especially to:
Philip aka The Aussie Angel- for dinner, saving us, allowing me to show my freak side with Elvis and bourbon, bottle of wine and truly being our guardian angel on the trip who kick started the good kharma. can't thank you enough.
Matias- for my massage, yerba mate, dancing, Maradona tattoo, the Buenos Aires advice, all the conversation and laughs, truly loving and living life and just being you. you're lovely
Steph aka my better half :)-for swapping places with me..now we truly are one! for being the best roommate, friend and travel buddy a gal could ask for. These trips wouldn't be possible or nearly as fun if it weren't for you.

Stephanie gives a shout out to:

Bolivia- for changing the visa rules and therefore giving us Northern Chile
sunglasses
the wifebeater glow a la blacklight
7th grade spanish teacher
Dona Ines Hostal- for the sausage roll at the bbq
Carlos- Carlito for helping finish my pisco sour
Guy/Fiona/Shelly/ Stewart- for striking a pose
Leo the cabbie- for showing us where to go out in Buenos Aires
Mark and Lewis aka The Welsh boys- for laughs
Arle- for the post-it
Philip- for the magic meds, lovely dinners and bottle of wine
Joaquin- for eucalyptus leaves
Santi- for sharing wingman duties with me
Colombians- for the gift, hands down best send off to Buenos Aires
Kerri- for swapping places, now we truly are one!
Dad- mini mag light and other skills of survival
Mom and Dad- for giving me the genes to look Spanish, Italian, Pakistani and of course, Jewish

We are thankful to Peru, Chile and Argentina for

making us feel like locals and not tourists wherever we went. the best kind of an experience a traveler can ask for.

We are thankful to New York for

making us street smart and making us cool wherever we travel

We'd like to thank ARGENTINA for...

Cluny- hands down the best welcome meal and even better the 2nd time around, letting us breathe again, Nacho, 2 for 1 cervezas, the language of love, shoes shoes and more shoes, shopping, icecream- in particular dulce de leche, young don Juan, the Art Hotel, tango, wine, architecture, Anjey..Aaannjey.., post work parties at Shamrock, quilmes beer but not so much fermet, dog walkers, crazy grey eyes, great names, drag queen standup, male? strippers, Jloria Jloria!, man i feel like a homan, bread baskets, celebrate good times come on!, closing the clubs for us, airport lines, cab drivers, and a plethora of frollets.
In addition we'd like to thank Buenos Aires for being one of the most fantastic cities we've ever seen. The food, tango, design, culture, everything. We are truly truly in love with this city and it broke my heart to leave. But I can't be too sad knowing I'll just have to go back within the year. :)

We'd like to thank CHILE for...

semi cama buses, drug busts at 3am, better bus rides than Peru (i.e. mothers who control their children), letting us cross the border..finally, Africola, drinking pisco y coke out of a horn, bringing the YMCA back...not, letting us leave our mark graffiti style, monster jellyfish, Maradona tattoos, room #5, beach that comes with a masseuse, the Swedish spoon, booty shaking with the Colombians and sambaing with the Brazilian, escaping duct-taping to a tree by the dictator, frolefauxtails, our Cocktail bartender- shaken not stirred, manjar, Lan for not striking and having the best snacks, dining with such elite company as Pablo Escobar and William Wallace, Carlito, Orlando Bloom... guy, girl?, magic flip flops with the power to repel mud, firepits, crying dogs, laughing bums, damn cows, dune running, money pics of the sunset, English and Aussie delinquents so we're not alone, the number one song "Jesus", eroding our adobe, Arica for being the only place with no rain, blackouts and generators.
In addition we are thankful to Chile for hosting us 2 years in a row and having the most amazing and diverse landscapes of any country we've ever seen in addition to very welcoming and mellow people.