My First Earthquake

I guess its something new to check off on the list, although it wasn´t part of my plans.

I woke up the other morning to my couch shaking. The funniest thing was, was that although I´ve never experienced an earthquake before......I knew exactly what it was. Weird, eh? It measured in at 6.4 on the scale, and apparently was the biggest tremor that Peru has had in 5 years (this is what the word is on the traveller´s beat anyway). Apparently it lasted about 30 seconds, but I only got to experience half of it (deep sleeper). None of the locals seemed all that concerned though. Well actually, nobody in the hostel seems to give a shit. Most people either slept through it, or immediately went back to sleep. I on the other hand, actually launched myself to my feet and then ran under the door frame. Its amazing how things that you learned in grade 3 come back to you so quickly in times of crisis.......or should I say, apparent times of crisis.

It was actually quite eerie to experience. The reason why at first I knew it wasn´t just strong wind blowing, was because of the loud creaking noise that the building was making. The shaking was actually pretty crazy and kind of scary. Apparently the only ones concerned though, were myself, and the 10 or 15 local neighborhood dogs. Oh well....its good to know that nobody was harmed, and that due to the lack of presence of other travellers in my room, my pride has also managed to remain intact.