Glosary of South American experiences so far

Vast mountain ranges, potatoes, shortage of traffic lights, colourful clothing, the best breakfast in the world = coca tea (not Cola Cao!), llamas, fluffy alpacas, vicuñas, guanacos, missing girlfriend, lukewarm showers, potatoes, unpronounceable Quechua and Aymara names, greenest rainforests, "Blood knot" by Agustín Sánchez Vidal,  mosquitoes, amazing Peruvian buses with beds and bingo games, potatoes, blisters, colonial buildings, street shoes cleaners with covered faces, no bus stops, Inca ruins, condors, deepest canyon, radical changes in temperature, street artists, charangos, potatoes, chaotic organisational skills, protests and roads blocked, fun parties, stars in the midnight skies, shared bathrooms, witches market, loads of new friends, "The lost city of Z" by David Grann, horrible unpaved roads, several currency exchanges (Euro, I miss you!), potatoes, "heaps" of Aussies, Irish and Israelis, Death Road tragedy, untiring playful kids, slums, Tiwanaku ruins, heavily armed policemen, national elections, potatoes, Sacred Valley, coca museum, Andean folk, new exotic dishes like quinua soup, guinea pig or alpaca, slacking, Pacific beach and wannabe surfers, professional mountain bikes, exotic international restaurants, international hostel aka gringo land, buses with the face of Che Guevara, flea markets, postcards not reaching their destinations, potatoes, crazy packed minivans, llama fetuses, bargaining, exotic flower and plant species, hot springs, karaoke night, soup with...errrmmm...french fries, "The dream of the Celt" by Mario Vargas Llosa, becoming a true pool expert, a killer stomach virus, potatoes, Cusqueña, Arequipeña, Paceña and other wonderful Andean beers, street stands where you can buy books, razorblades and memory cards, terrible music at the hostel including hip hop for breakfast, "ya, ya.....", amazing lunches for two euros, tourists with llama sweaters all over the place, sunflies, salteñas, burning sun, "Bolivia. Between a rock and a hard place" by Pete Good,potatoes.....(to be continued)