From Lima to Cuzco (aka the Leatherman Incident)

We spent our last night in Lima eating out and wondering why people prefer to open all possible doors of the restaurants, if it is cold. Back in the hostel Amélie (head of the organizing committee) went to sleep early, while Peter (simple member of that committee) was trying once again to upload pictures. We were to leave at 7:30 the next day, but I was assuming, that Amélie set an alarm already, and i just used our 50 cent alarm clock to set up a security alarm for 7.
Next morning we woke up at 7:15 because the small alarm clock, which i broke into pieces afterwards, was 15 minutes late in 7 hours. To show the strenght of our team even under pressure we managed to get ready on time, but a fatal mistake happened...
We got to the airport ok and were enjoying a coffee after check in, when i realized, that my precious Leatherman was still in the hand luggage. There was no time to check that in as well, so we decided to give it a try. I carefully placed the leathal weapon in the camera bag (big piece of metal) and remembered what our guide told us about Peruvian prisons: most people spend a couple of years there before their actual trial, as the juridical system is too slow.
As expected my backpack caught the attention of the security person. Lets also not forget that terrorist activities were just as common in Peru as in Northern Ireland in the recent past. I was taken aside and he told me that there is a scissor in the bag. This came as somewhat of a surprise, because i was thiking he will point out, that the 8cm blade was not allowed on the plane, but i started to empty the bag and saw that our medical pack was in there too. We checked that, but there was no scissor in there, then i had to show the leatherman, which they confiscated, but the security person said, that this is nice and well, but we are still looking for a small scissor. Then after the second search we really found the scissor in the medipack, but as it was small they didnt even take it away. After clearing up the issue i was let to enter the plane.
The key learning is, that i could have gotten the Leatherman through security, if only i would have found the medical scissor in the first place. Well i am sure he is happy with all his brothers and sisters in the big plexi box these things end up in.

Otherwise we safely arrived in Cusco and after carefully reading about all the symptoms of altitude sickness we had all of them: thirst for air, insomnia, tiredness, bad stomach. Otherwise Cusco is very pretty.