A Sudden Trip to Peru
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on Apr. 12, 2004
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Susie and I are headed to a Peruvian jazz festival. This week.
It came about rather suddenly, through a series of friends and coincidences. Basically, our good friends Robin and Amy have these other two friends who are music students studying (as they are wont) at USC.
They are also participating in and helping to organize the large annual Pervian jazz festival, “Festival Jazz en Lima.”
They put together a group of students and jazz enthusiasts from USC that we were not originally part of. But a sudden cancellation of another member led to a latenight phone call from Robin, who said basically that if we could come up with some money in, oh, 7 hours, we could get in on a group rate and a great trip. That way, the group could keep their “group” status. We’ll be leaving, arriving in Lima, in about a week.
Our plans from that point are rather loose. We know the hotel we’re staying at. At night, we’ll be attending performances, which start about 5 p.m. each day and run until 2:30 a.m. It won’t be so hard for us, because Peru is on East Coast time, and we normally stay up super late with our night owl genes.
The rest of the day is ours to wander Lima, or perhaps even take day trips along the coast—Lima is right on the pacific ocean, much to the equator than Florida. (Side note: Peru borders on Ecuador, the country that makes equators, and will be the closest to the middle of the planet that I’ve been.) And we’ll also visit Machu Pichu, some thing that apparently is pretty cool like ruins or a waterfall or something. I obviously need to do some more research.
The jazz festival, back to it, has been around since 1991. For the fourteenth edition, (and the third-ever international Jazz Conference), the Asociación Internacional Jazz Perú and the Peruvian American Cultural Institute (ICPNA) have chosen the theme “Music Changing Lives.”
If you have any advice or tips, or want us to bring a Peruvian treat back for you, please pass them along or ask, thanks!
