Bridge of Sighs (Puente de los Suspiros) Lima

We flew into Lima from Cusco and arrived at its modern airport. It was a far cry from the mayhem I remembered when I arrived from Madrid in 2003. This was to be a consistent theme over the 4 days we stayed in Lima. We caught a taxi to our hotel in the Miraflores suburb. Miraflores is Lima's most affluent suburb, situated on a cliff top overlooking …

Our first day in Lima could not have been any better!

We woke up relatively early so that we can get breakfast and get our day started. By 9 am, we were ready to set off for the short walk from our B&B to Larcomar, a shopping center nearby that makes for an unlikely tourist attraction due to the fact that is carved off the cliff and …

Yes fairy tale fans, after 17 years of boring everyone to tears banging on about it, various get rich quick schemes to save up enough for it, and two months of leaving do's, I've finally made it here to get on the gringo trail woooo hooooo!

First stop Lima, Peru and Condors House Hostel in Miraflores, where we were greeted by a table of …

I´m staying in Miraflores off of Av Arequipa. It was a loud street but it was an easy walk to the heart of Miraflores and cheeeeeeeap! Also, the people working there were very helpful. I'm sure I could have found a better place but it was a last minute selection (made it 72 hours before my arrival) and I'm not that picky.

Here`s what I`ve …

...are crazy.

So crazy, in fact, that I'll have to get that particular part of my story out of the way before I touch on anything else. I thought Alberta drivers were terrible. I was wrong.

Most streets in Lima are one-ways. I’ve only seen one or two that aren’t, so far. There are clearly marked lanes, just as in …

... nbsp; The evening we went to see the sun set over the Pacific Ocean (never been to the Pacific before!!!) at Barranco at the Bridge of sighs (Punente de los Suspiros) with all the local lovers hanging on to each other for dear life.  The view of the ...

... in a dense fog that cleared as the morning progressed. We had a look around the city and saw Miraflores, Barranco and the Bridge of Sighs and Lovers park, where there is a huge statue of a couple kissing. In the afternoon, we went paragliding off the ...

... city, there must be so much more to it! I decided to set myself a little challenge, to find the Puente de los Suspiros (Bridge of Sighs) in Barranco, as I thought it sounded very romantic (yes I am a romantic fool sometimes, but oh it can be so much fun! ...

... clifftops just south of Miraflores. "La Hermita" is located in the romantic "Bajada de Baños" just by the so called "Bridge of Sighs". The menu had been selected and all seemed to be on track for the celebration. The nearby Church of the Holy Cross had ...

... the evening, we went to Barranco, Lima's traditionally bohemian region where culture and charm permeates. Janett and I walked the "Bridge of Sighs" which was built in 1876 to join Ayacucho and La Ermita streets. According to tradition, anyone who makes ...

... main tourist district). We got out at some parks... the first being a municipal park in Barranco, where we saw the Bridge of Sighs (called that because people would make their "last sigh" there before committing suicide, so the bridge was rebuilt lower ...

... , good music and good vibe. Did sightseeing of Barranco next day. Checked out Puente de los Suspiros (their own bridge of sighs), the Parque Municipal, great architecture and the passage way down to the beachfront. Also stumbled upon a Food Festival, ...

... people getting mugged, so I guess safety in numbers is best. We had a quick tour around Barranco first and walked over the Bridge of Sighs, where young lovers can go to make a wish and have a kiss (they seem to be quite the romantics here). Next ...

...  Fascinating.   On the way back to the van, we stopped at a bridge that I later found out was called the Bridge of Sighs (no idea why).  Our guide said nothing, but a street band targeted an elderly couple in our group and sang them a ...

... previously seen where we were taken on foot to see the oldest church in the area which was presently under refurbishment, the 'Bridge of Sighs' where if you took a deep breath and made a wish then walked across the bridge whilst still holding your breath ...