Made it to Lima!

I finally made it to Lima and my bags are also here!

I arrived in Lima at approximately 11pm after a 6.5 hour connecting flight from Atlanta GA. After arriving we made our way to immigration and had to wait in line for about a 30 minutes to get our passport stamp and some sort of tourist card. We were also warned that if we lost the tourist card we would have to purchase another one before leaving the country.

After getting the tourist card I went to claim my baggage and was delayed for about 20 minutes due to a security issue. It seems that someone left a bag unatteded and we had to wait for the security team to remove it.

I then claimed my bags and then had to go to Aduanas or Customs. I submitted my declaration card, pressed the "Lottery button" and proceeded into the lobby as the light turned green. Customs Lima conducts random bag searches and if your light turns red after touching the green button you will be pulled to the side to have your bags searched.

I then entered the lobby to find hundreds of people all with signs looking to pick up people from international flights and was bombarded by people asking me if I needed a taxi.

I took my time and started on one side and looked at every sign until I found Juan Carlos holding a sign with the CCS logo. I introduced myself to him and also Stefani who arrived before me.

We waited for another volunteer (Cora) to arrive and then headed to the CCS house to begin our trip. The ride lasted about 45 minutes and was a good chance to get to know each other.

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Upon arrival at the house we got our room assignments and went to bed. Many volunteers travel on the weekends so there were not that many people in the house.

The next morning we introduced ourselves to the volunteers that were there, went to the mall close by and then to Miraflores.

That night we ate dinner at the CCS house and introduced ourselves to the rest of the volunteers who either arrived for the first time, or who came back from their weekend vacation.