Avoiding disaster

Its 8:40 am and I just got home from working a 12 hour night shift so please forgive me if I make no sense today. We finalized and booked the last of of flights yesterday!
Purchasing the ticket was a process that brought me great anxiety and I am relieved its over.
Earlier in the day I had a call from work asking me to pick up a night shift on my last night here. I refused it at the time, but after buying the ticket, I called back this morning and took it...what I am trying to say is that yet again, this purchase ended up costing far more than planned.
Tyson made me try on the backpack yesterday and I couldn't lift it, so he lifted it onto my back and as soon as it was on, I slowly fell backwards onto my back...it is so heavy. So he has been trying to make me practise by going up and down stairs but I can't seem to do it. Now Tyson is trying to get used to one backpack on the back and one on the front. I would advise others going on a backpacking trip to start training for carrying a heavy backpack in advance.
We are trying to visit family and friends in our last few days here so we went to my aunt's house yesterday. It was here that my flight agent called me 5 times to try and book the rest of the ticket because I kept changing my mind on what I wanted. We finally decided that the end of our trip will be: Muscat-Nairobi-Cape Town-Windhoek-Johannesburg- Istanbul-Tel Aviv-Zurich (overland to all the European countries by train) and from London back home!
The title of my blog today is in reference to a gross miscalculation on my part that resulted in me feeling unsure of my ability to plan anything let alone a trip of this magnitude. While at my Aunt's house visiting yesterday, my cousin's friend came over to see him. She introduced herself and said that she had recently moved here from Lima, Peru! (How Convenient) So I was very excited! I told her about our plan to volunteer at a clinic and then pop over to see Macchu Picchu...she looked a bit puzzled and said " That is about 3 hours away from Lima" I said that's ok we'll jump on a bus, then she said, "by plane"....UGH! Not just any plane, a $600 plane ride, plus buses and entrance fees this would be a $1500 tourist attraction (one of the 7 wonders of the world). Soo we were quite disappointed. Then she said that perhaps she could help us with bus options because all the websites are in Spanish. I had to go to work but Tyson stayed until they figured out a more fiscally reasonable way to see this place. We will be taking a 21 hour bus ride for $35 each (there was a cheaper bus for $20 each but she suggested that it might not be safe as those busses stop and pick up random travellers on the road and this company ONLY stops at designated stops) from Lima to Cusco, then a cab to Paintas and another bus to Ollantaytambo  then a train ($37 each) to Aquas Galiantas. Then we pay the entrance to Macchu Picchu is about $45. When inside, we can hire a tour guide which apparently is a good idea. An interesting note about attractions such as this is that is costs a local Peuvian less then $3 to enter Macchu Picchu but a foreigner has to pay $45! So it is still probably close to $400 for both of us, but a bit more reasonable..I guess. So due to a stroke of luck this peruvian lady walks right up to us and is so very helpful! I hope the rest of trip is like this.
It just worried me that what we thought would be a $10 bus ride to see Macchu Picchu is actually an expensive and far attraction. I booked the main bus ride last night but I can't figure out the other websites yet, apparently you have to book early.
Well I'm falling asleep so that's it for today
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