The Desert of ICA

I spent about 50 dollars (cost of souveneirs included) all last weekend, eating, drinking, sandboarding, riding dune buggies, swimming, and laying in hammocks next to a desert oasis called Laga Huacachina. It was incredible. In USA, any comparable weekend would have cost at least 800 dollars. The beauty of the desert was mind-blowing, and it is great to lay in the middle of it at night as it slowly gets freezing cold. During our dune buggy tour, the company was shooting a promotional video, so Scott and I are on it, close up, yelling ¨DESERT ADVENTURES: 101% ADRENALINE EXPERIENCE!¨ Hilarious. The place we stayed at, which cost 15 soles per night, ( 3.23 soles equals 1 dollar) was covered in hammocks, trees, flowers, a pool, and a restaurant that seemed both inside and outside, where all the food was priced fairly high (10-20 soles per plate) because they gave away free weed. That is right... the place payed the police so that it could always serve free weed, and the waitresses brought it right to the table without anyone asking and laid down a very large amount on a napkin. We had no idea! The place is very popular among Israeli travelers, which comprised about three fourths of th visitors there. All Israelis are required to serve 3 years in the army (because all their neighbors are attacking them) and after their term 30000 of the 50000 ¨graduates¨ travel the world. South America is very popular because of its low costs. The little town we stayed in, which had a star of David, made from stained glass, on the top windows of its main building, was obviously a haven for Israelis, who after years of shooting people, just want to sit in a beanbag chair, play Playstation, smoke weed, and look at the desert´s stars. Given that they have risked their lives to protect US interests, I would say that they deserve it more than anyone.
After the weekend, Scott and I went to a U soccer game. It was crazy to see all the Peruvian fans jumping and cheering at the top of their lungs for literally 2 hours. (20 minutes before the game started until the end of the game). I tried to join in with what little Spanish I knew, but the Peruvians just laughed it me and called me a GRINGO. (Humorous term for white guy... slightly derrogative).
One more thing, while I was laying under the stars, after dinner, on top of a gigantic sand dune in the desert, I decided that I want to major in International Affairs. My life seems to have a lot more meaning now that college makes more sense because it is now a step on the path towards something I want to do... see more things I could never conceive of. That´s about it.
SEE YA...
CONGRATULATIONS TO GRADY ON GRADUATING...