San Isidro 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 …

... , including world class shopping, cosmopolitan restaurants and a good nightlife. Somewhat touristy and upscale neighborhoods like Miraflores, Barranco and San Isidro are also great places to walk around and just chill out in for a few days. So I suspect ...

... outside to find a taxi, who took me straight to my hostal in Miraflores. This was quick, as the bus terminal is in San Isidro and my hostal is in the northern part of Miraflores, the next neighborhood.   Miraflores is an upscale area of Lima, ...

... city has host two archeological sites Huaca Pucllana in Miraflores and Huaca Huallamarca in the district of San Isidro. Further outside the city about 40km from Lima is Pachacamac. For thousand of years people knew there is a temple at the site of ...

... (Lima is apparently cloudy and grey 8 months of the year!). This was followed by a drive through Miraflores and it's neighbouring district, San Isidro which is also quite rich as it is the banking area and also contains most of the embassies that are in ...

... art of protesting government policies is still alive and well in this country. We drive through the elegant residential sections of San Isidro and Miraflores to our hotel, El Ducado. Another choice of Yuri, our online tour operator, and a fine ...

... We went through the chinatown area (Bario Chino de Lima) and saw very nice houses and embassies in the San Isidro area. The traffic in Lima is very much the same like in Jakarta, so I feel that I know my way around. Not too mention, there ...

... very big and busy port about 45 minutes drive from Lima. An early wake up call today, as we are on a ships tour of Lima city highlights. A very comfortable bus and a tour guide called Carlos. Carlos was a lovely man full of information, at times a ...

... the scenery through the mountains was great though. We had foreseen the state we would be in and booked the relatively luxurious Radisson in San Isidro with its buffet breakfast, wi-fi and $10 of free drinks a day although no one knew where it was so ...

... qui vend meme du fromage francais importe, nous retournons a LarcoMar chercher le portefeuille sans succes puis vers l'ambassade de France a San Isidro qui nous indique la marche a suivre. Nous passons par la Banco de la Nacion pour acheter un billet de ...

... trip especially as the water was so calm. So now we are in Lima in our luxury hotel with a nice suite in the San Isidro area. We have enjoyed the sauna and Jacuzzi, sampled room service and generally enjoyed being back in civilisation and we still ...