"Don't worry, I have money in my shoes"

I survived my first night OUT in Cusco. And I did it big. I had only been out for a few beers here or there, so when everybody in my TEFL class AND my house wanted to drink and go dancing, I knew it was time. After dinner, most of my housemates and I walked to another "family house" in San Pedro (a few blocks away) and we had a little pregame on their 4th floor roof overlooking the city. It was awesome until it started raining and we had to go inside. The coolest part about it was the group of people we had there: Canadians, Australians, British, Russian, Dutch, and us Americans. So many accents! And everyone is absolutely awesome and fun and just down to have a good time. Eventually, some of us made our way to the Plaza de Armas where most of the bars/clubs are. On the way there, our newest housemate Thorin, who's from the Yukon, was super protective and didn't want us to be farther than 5 feet apart. It was funny but sweet. He also came out with the best quote of the night: "You guys, don't worry. If anything happens I have a lot of money in my shoes". It was hilarious. Anyway, shit got crazy when we got to the Plaza. A pack of about 7-10 Peruvian guys swarmed our group trying to get us to go to the club they work for, handing us tons and tons of free drink tickets. I mean one of our guys got 7 for one bar alone. Ridiculous. So we finally make it into InkaTeam and find our classmate Andrea salsa dancing the night away with a tiny little Peruvian who could mooovve. We got our free drinks and started dancing around, and eventually moved next door to Mythology. There was a bigger tourist crowd here. I had my first dancing on the bar experience, which was fun until the bartender poured a shot in my mouth. It tasted like ass, and it was time to get back on solid ground. I made friends with a little Israeli chick and danced around with her a bunch. We bounced around to a few other clubs/bars and eventually ended up back at InkaTeam. None of us paid for a drink all night because of all the free drink tickets and we literally never stopped dancing. Naturally, by 1 or 1:30 my brain told me it was time to leave because I've lived in Delaware for 4 years and the bars close at 12:45. But, have no fear, I stayed out until around 3 AND even stayed up to watch a movie when we got home because I was too drunk to sleep. The sun was up when I went to bed. Needless to say, I slept for a better part of the day. I feel great now and am ready to do it again tonight! I'll post pictures once my housemate e-mails them to me!