Today it was Katharine`s 21st! Woke up and Will was playing it rather cool. Sent Katharine off to the bar to get breakfast and then sneaked back to the room to get his `moneybelt` but then came back with 2 balloons and a little suprise parcel, courtesy of her Mum.
So we eat some breakfast and Katharine opened all her lovely cards and letters from various family members and then we celebrated with a birthday stale break role (no cake available). Will also gave Katharine some Llama earrings but to prevent any possible ear infections we`re going to wait until we can TCP them at home before she wears them.
We got collected from the hostal to go paragliding. First impressions weren´t great when we got picked up in a taxi whic was too small for us all (one guy had to sit in the boot....) I think we both hoped for better first impresssions from people we were about to risk our lives with. Anyway, after quite a long drive including a dirt road which MUST have destroyed the taxi we arrived at the top of a very high hill (mountain ?). So we didn`t realise but you actually need quite precise wind conditions for paragliding so we had to wait for quite a while before we even got kitted up. While we were waiting we had to listen to 3 girls from London where apparnelty it is 35 degress in the summer and pints cost only 2.50.... unfortunately we did`t find out where in London this occurs but we`re both pretty keen to go there.
Eventually it was our turn. Will had to go first and had a pretty easy takeoff. He says he could`t look down and was gripping the harness so hard he crippled his fingers but thought it was awesome. We flew over an amazing view of the Sacred Valley (see earlier blog). He then had an ultimate FAIL when landing. Either he is a retard at running or the guy landed too fast but he definitely landed flat on his face being dragged along. Although Will was worried his beautiful face may be tainted, you don`t have to worry - he escaped with a graze on his arm and leg.
Next was Katharine`s turn. So although it took about 80 times for Katharine to take off, all of which were not doing wonders for her hip, she did eventually make it into the sky. Although she was worried she might soil herself, no such disasters happened and she even says she would love to do it again! Birthday WIN!
After that we had to stop off via a Bungee jump because one of the girls was doing that too. We absolutely did not.. haha. The guy who took Will paragliding definitely sat and smoked a joint though... Katharine dealt with this very well.... haha.
The rest of the afternoon we had a leisurely lunch and prepared ourself for the night that was to come. And o what a night it was. It began at the hostal bar... we definitely sat for 15 minutes waiting for happy hour to begin... YASS. A few rounds of Pisco Sours (Pisco, lemon and egg white) and a free birthday long island iced tea and the drinking games began. Katharine competed in at least 8 rounds although Will had to take a rain check for fear of vomming and being KO`d before we`d even left. Best drinking game ever and definitely bringing it back to Edinburgh.
We headed out, first stop Mama Africa. We managed to avoid the various people selling drugs (lol?) but unfortunately Mama Africa was a bit dead so we moved on to Mythology (our old favourite). Katharine managed to get her Lady Gaga request played at last, just before she was sick on the dance floor (cheap Peruvian booze FAIL). This was only a minor blip in her performance and we continued to dance until the early hours.
21ST BIRTHDAY WIN
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