so we had a different travel day yesterday that we thought. i had to wake up around 3am saturday morning to catch a shuttle to the airport for a very early morning flight to los angeles to catch my flight to peru. however, after checking in and going through security and being all set, the flight to los angeles was suddenly cancelled. so i had to go back out and start all over again, going through a long line of passengers who were upset about the flight being cancelled, and finally arriving at the teller who had me booked on a slighter later morning flight to los angeles, with enough time to still catch my peru flight. thankfully i had about 5 hours originally in los angeles to play around with being late.

then upon arriving to the international section in los angeles and waiting in line for my tickets to peru, i was approached by a handsome stranger, ha, just kidding, well, maybe he was, anyway, he said that they were needing volunteers to fly the same flight tomorrow because they were overbooked. they were offering $1200 worth of flights anywhere lan airlines flies and putting me up in a nice hotel in los angeles for the night with food vouchers. of course this would mean losing a day in peru and losing a day with my friends, but i kept thinking about how i would finally be able to see Rapa Nui/Easter Island in Chile because it costs a lot to go there (the flight from Chile to the island is around 500 on its own, but the flight to Chile). but with that size of flight voucher with lan (which is the only airline that flies there, as well as areas throughout southamerica, i could easily build a great free trip to southamerica later this year. so for one lost day of my peru trip, i'm getting a second full southamerica trip later.

so i took the deal. i contacted my friends in peru and let them know. they were having hotel troubles for my arrival anyway, so it was going to work out better arriving later. and i was shuttled to my hotel near lax, where i was given a big two room suite and vouchers for lunch and dinner and breakfast today, so much food, and i just have been resting and enjoying the hotel over the night. now i'm in preparations to go back to lax via the shuttle and get on my peruvian flight, where i'll arrive tonight and hopefully more rested than i would have been with traveling all day on saturday as had been originally planned.