The Flight from Atlanta to Lima, Peru left at 5:35 PM EDT and took 6.5 hours, landing at 11:45 PM EST. (There was a one hour time difference between Atlanta and Lima, and a two hour difference between Bermuda and Peru). On this flight, they also showed the same Disney movie about the dogs, so we did not watch it.

After landing at Jorge Chavez airport in Lima, it took a while for us to get our bags: 3 minutes for the first bag and 30 minutes for the other bag. After going through immigration and customs, we found the driver waiting for us, holding up a sign with my name on it.

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We landed in Atlanta at 10:30 EDT, and our flight from Atlanta to Lima, Peru, did not leave until 4:55 PM.

So...... it was time to SHOP! The airport in Atlanta is quite large and long, and organized into 5 concourses and a main terminal. It is organized such that you can move freely between each of the concourses (by foot or by train) as you wait for your flight. Each concourse has many departure gates, food places, and retail stores. We found a map and decided to walk from concourse E to B. We checked a few bookstores for peru travel guides, without luck. There were zero Peru books in B that we could find and none in the Atlanta airport (also none in Bermuda, that we could find). We also checked out a few other stores and bought some travel sized face soaps and such.

We had lunch at TGI Fridays, and the food was pretty bad. However, I had a view of the Trinidad vs. England world cup game on the television (England 2 Trinidad 0). After an hour we took the train back to Concourse E to wait for our flight.

The Atlanta airport seems to have mini-art galleries at each of the gates. Some seem to be by professionals, and others by kids or students. It's a great idea and it looks quite good. Other airports should do something similar.

Our flight to Lima was delayed until 5:35 PM EDT and left about that time.

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We woke up early to finish packing and get a taxi to the Bermuda airport. The taxi was 15 minutes late, but then again, he was running on Bermuda time. We arrived at the airport with time to spare before our 8:30 AM flight to Altlanta -- the first leg of our journey. The flight lasted about 2.5 hours and they showed a Disney movie about sled dogs in Antarctica. I think it was called "8 Below", which is a dumb name for the movie. Prior to getting on the plane, I had never heard of the movie at all. Because it was based on a true story, it wasn't too bad to watch.

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Wake up call: 5:45 AM.

We woke up, packed, showered, and met our group in the lobby for the bus ride to the airport. Our flight from Lima to Puerto Maldonado has a brief stop in Cuzco, to drop off / pick up passengers. Puerto Maldonado is a small city on the edge of the rainfoest jungle, which is our next destination.

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