I’m back! Sure wish it wasn’t so. Already starting to miss Peru – the beautiful and friendly people, the richness of the culture and the amazing landscape.

I’ve just started to transfer my photos from my harddisk. It is just so convenient to have a harddisk to back-up the photos to, instead of relying on the numerous memory cards. Unfortunately, you tend to develop the (bad) habit of just snapping shots without any care in the world. That’s what I did anyway! So, I am left with 2750 photos and video clips taking up a whopping 11.8 Gb on my portable drive.

On my return trip, my backpack weighed in at 20.8 Kg. I am pretty sure it’s slightly heavier than that, since when I dumped it on the weighing scale, it was leaning on the counter. Still, that little bit couldn’t have made a big difference anyway.

During my 8+ hour transit at Amsterdam, I got stoned! Yeah, pretty quick into my independent tour of Amsterdam Central, I got stoned and had to stay put for a good hour and a half. The feeling wasn’t exactly enjoyable, and it was a terrible waste of that hour and a half. Needless to say, that didn’t leave me with much time to tour the city, let alone visit any of the museums. There’s just so many to visit, like the Hemp museum, and the sex museum. Oh yes, there’s the Van Gogh museum, and the Anne Frank house too. I only had time to walk around their red light district. Not as exciting as I had expected, probably because most of the workers are either serving customers, or there were hiding behind closed doors. Only a few brave ones stood by the doorway, trying to attract potential customers. Well, at least you get to view the merchandise before you make payment!

I’m missing Peru already.