it's not gay pride week here it's a ceebration of cultural heritage, the rainbow flags threw me off. rainbows are symbols of gay pride in the states. i spent the morning watching a parade. the local children were dressed in native costums doing native dances. it was beautiful to watch. i walked around town for a while then returned to the hotel and ended up sleeping until 5pm. took a taxi to the train station to get a ticket for machu picchu but they were closed. the hotel told me to get a ticket to another site in the morning and then get one to machu picchu from the other site. if i have to stay another day it will be worth it. can't not see machu picchu. still dealing with business things, yuck. and today i am sick for the first time. yuck. back to bed!
