Rancho Viejo Lima

... of a flight with about 3 stop overs, yuk.

We got a transfer to the hostel where we were spending the following couple of days. It was in Milaflores, which is about 30mins from central Lima on the coast.

The hostel was okay, clean and tidy in good location. However it was time for me stay in my first shared dorm for the trip. It was a mixed dorm with 8 beds....and unfortunatley there was one ...

Don't have much time but I wanted to let everyone know that we've arrived-it was a long day of flying yesterday and it was pretty hilarious getting all of our bags picked up! Thankfully the hotel was attached to the airport so we didn't have to try to cram everything into a taxi. We arrived at about 11:30 last night and then spent ...

... check it out and it was amazing. We felt bad for the other place though so we left explaining the situation. Back at Stop and Drop a series of strange occurances put question marks in our minds culminating once a Friends episode finished with two lesbians getting married. A man who worked their decided to open a conversation up with me stating how he thought gay people are a result of faulty parenting and not knowing right from wrong. As I strongly ...

... final pay day as his legs had clearly gone. The locals could not get over the fact that he was being paid $45,000 a month. We decided not to tell them what he would have been paid whilst playing in England!

Many people had said to us to get out of Lima as fast as possible. In total, we spent 6 days here, not the prettiest place in the world though not half as bad as others made it out to be.

Sadly, only one photo - long story - one for another day perhaps!

... time and we all go for a magic ride in our bus*
The guys were making quite some mess in the bus and disturbed attention of the driver for 1 second.....
He went driving straight into a road barage for construction
We missed very closely a huge hole on the road and a very bad accident!!!

But we still managed to have our good face and my mojo protecting us for much moire happy things to live in Peru and most of all in the superb life coming ahead ;)

... ranges, such as the Salkantay 6,200 m.a.s.l. and Veronica 6100 m.a.s.l. (B+L+D).



DAY 4 : PHUYUPATAMARCA / MACHU PICCHU



After about three and a half-hours walking, you’ll arrive to the Inti Punku, (Sun Gate), where a magnificent view will be printed in you mind; the Sanctuary oºf Machupicchu, the ¨Lost ...

... characterized by an eclectic architecture. As in all the capitals of the world with a huge cultural legacy, Lima has wonderful museums. The Larco Museum for example is one of the best museums in the world. It is the only city where Pre-Columbian pyramids coexist with modern buildings. Lima is diverse and full of opportunities, of different places, each one of them having its own particular charm, each one of them providing its own ...

... and poor. on one block you see Gucci armani etc but in the street a 5 year old is cleaning windows for money. joey is lovin it here! i am pretty sure he is going ot pick up Peruvian girl and bring her home. people are extremely friendly and helpful not like in europe. we are eating and drinking our fare share of peru. tomorrow it cusco. i love you all. and i miss you lilly...tell the boys hi for me.

... built by the Wari tribe. There we saw some Peruvian hairless dogs, llamas and alpacas and guinea pigs which are a favourite food of the highland people. These ones weren´t on the menu though. In the supermarkets I was happy to find every Greene King beer I know of brewed in the fine city of Bury St Edmunds! As they were the same price for one as a six pack of local stuff, I decided to wait til I get home for a pint and enjoyed something called Zenda as my 150th different beer of the trip.

... your typical mall – only difference being that it was built on a cliff overlooking the ocean so it had spectacular views. Seeing that we were still quite disturbed after hearing from another traveller how she got hijacked in Trujillo when she got into the wrong taxi, we landed up walking further to Barranco – another popular district in Lima. We almost got lost – eventually deciding that maybe we should just risk it and take a licensed cab ...