Miraflores Lima

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Yeah, finally the time has come that Eva will be arriving. From now on we will be travelling together. We will be heading up the north of Peru and will cross the boarder to Ecuador.

I arrived in Lima a day early to give me some time to look round and so that I could go to the airport the next day to collect Eva. After the lovely sunshine …

On holiday at last! Our flight to Lima was meant to leave at 7pm on 28 Feb but was promptly rescheduled to 7am due to pending strikes in Spain. 15 hours later we finally landed in Lima, got our bags off the carousel and organised a cab to the hostel. This was our first introduction to driving, South American style. I've come to think that most of …

Ueber Lima haengt den ganzen Tag eine Nebel- und Wolkendecke. Nur selten sieht man den blauen Himmel durchblitzen. Trotzdem ist es immer sehr warm. Lima liegt am Rand der Atacama-Wueste, welche die trockenste Wueste der Welt ist.
Sehenswertes gibt es auch nicht wirklich viel. So haben wir nur die Ausgrabungsstaette "Huaca Pucllana" aus der Zeit …

Chegamos em Lima por volta das 12:00 e pegamos um táxi direto para o nosso hotel que fica em Miraflores, um bairro nobre de Lima onde se concentram a maioria dos turistas.
Resolvemos que ficaríamos no primeiro dia explorando esse bairro.
O bairro é super bonito, cheio de bons restaurantes (inclusive de frente para o Oceano Pacífico), praç …

Hola again! Well we have made it to Peru after an easy two flights from Cancun Mexico. We are currently flaking it in our hostel room in Cuzco as we are over 11,000 feet above sea level and the altitude is raping us! Also a 22 hour bus trip here wouldn't have helped. Lucky we were in a 5 star coach. Lima was pretty good. Not overly exciting and 3 …

S 12. 11. 974 W 076. 58. 491 Alt: 33m Temp: 19 degrees C @ 8 am

245 miles south of Las Tortugas, we arrived in the capital city of Lima, lots of traffic,compared to the very light traffic across the desert. Here we will "base " for a few days, see the city, and do the side trips to MachuPicchu, Galopus Islands, or other locations.

... the beauty of it all.  Who knew Lima and beauty went together?   Most travellers poo poo Lima - they obviously haven't stayed in Miraflores. As I was coming back to find the center again I tried to cross the road at a traffic ...

... in the rest of Peru, which we have loved, we had no desire to stay here any longer than necessary! We stayed in Miraflores, which is the posher part of the city, and although nothing amazing there is a newish shopping centre which has Starbucks, ...

... and now we're chilling in the business center. I did notice that my leg took a few steps backwards when we got to Lima, probably the change in elevation, but it is back on track better than ever, with the bruising starting to fade measurably. I am ...

... , which has allowed us room to spread out and move about freely and relaxxxxx. We managed to get back out to Miraflores, go into Lima and explored the catacombs at the San Franciscan cathedral, walked the city and check out the Inquisistion museum. We ...

... .  We hopped out of Cusco on a flight to Lima and have a couple of days to wait for an available seat, so we hit the Miraflores district and swapped dirty roads for clean linen (and not a day too soon). Here's a picture of what we came across (on ...

... of $30 we didn't know about so we had to take out money anyway. So Bev and I decided to head over to Miraflores, which is that posh part of Lima we hung out in for my birthday. We spent the day sitting on the beach, having a drink in a restaurant that ...

... without being harassed by the store owner to buy everything in the store. It's quite nice. I spent the entire day in Miraflores today. I popped into a couple department stores, had a shady character try to sell me an obviously stolen watch in front ...

... on. After getting advice and maps from the front desk clerk, I decided to mosey on down to central Miraflores (which is the more affluent part of Lima). But to tell you the truth, I was so concerned about potential pickpockets, I never really took ...

Staying in the lap of luxury for a couple of days is definitely my idea of ending an expedition, even if we did duck out early. We walked along the cliffs of the beach to the nearby Larcomar shopping center, which is built right into the ...

... 49 soles, darn, I should have come here the first place.  I also saw some people paragliding over the cliff at Miraflores.     I returned back to my hostel, packed everything before I took off for the airport. That concludes my ...