Peru & the feeling of being in another country for the first time

peru was my first vacation i went solo. not to mention, it was my 1st time out of the country, let alone the continent. I took a plane from NYC to lima on nov 11 2013 and  pretty much covered the whole country in one month. I didnt know one person could travel so far in such little time. The person i was meeting, i had never met before , not even on skype. we just talked everyday on facebook and on the phone sometimes. But i just knew this person was perfect for me. And he was. He was very respectful from the day i started talking to him so i knew everything would work out. I knew i wasnt going to peru to become kidnapped or raped. It just wasnt in the cards for me. Anyway, when i got off the plane, i panicked because it was my 1st time meeting him and no one really spoke english in that stupid airport. I was no nervous, i even got conned into getting an airport cell phone ,which i lost later on in my trip by the way. 20 dollars easily turned into 150. who knows, if i would have had more money in my account, they would have taken more. NEVER AGAIN will i listen to those people again. So after the panic subsided and i finally saw alex, we grabbed my mountian of S*iT luggage and got into the cab. (the cabs are quite unique in s. america ...lots of gadgets hanging on the dashboard, and lots of crosses) ..they are very decorated. ...Anyway, once in the cab , i couldnt believe my eyes staring out into the city, Woah it felt like fireworks were surrounding me.I did it i thought to myself. Im here. Im in freaking south american man. The guy Alex thought i was just nervous because i wasnt paying attention to him, that was only a little bit of that. i really was enthralled with being out in the world and seeing it for the first time.