Lima, Peru Travel Blogs

... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by johnorton
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... ; after a long night sleep, I feel much recovered. Today on my agenda is to visit the National Museum of Peru and finish the tour of Downtown Lima. Too bad most of the National museum is under renovation, the front clerk told me its free and I can ...

A travel blog entry by andrewy
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... to let the healthy people carry on with the tour and we are heading home.  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 ( ...

A travel blog entry by johnorton
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... running the hostel is great...she tells me to just lie down and rest...everything is perfect....I can smell the ocean...Lima makes total sense....the only unknown still haunting the corners of my consciousness in these early morning hours....why the new ...

A travel blog entry by rawhideone
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We had to catch a flight from Juliaca to Lima. Juliaca is the closest airport to Puno. It's a 45 minute shuttle ride and it gave us our final look at rural Peru. The flight was a hell of a lot better than any bus ride we took. Of course, my Peruvian ...

A travel blog entry by dane
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... I decided to give this one a pass to avoid any GI ailment.      I took the afternoon flight into Lima and had a smooth transfer into my hostel with any glitches.  For dinner, I found a quick eat restaurant, ordered 3 items, the ...

A travel blog entry by andrewy
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... Australia. The one's arriving today I believe are from England as well. The rest of the evening involved the following: - I tried Peru's national drink, the Pisco Sour. The name doesn't lie... very sour. - Ordered what I thought was Llama Saltado, ...

A travel blog entry by chowie
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Easy day walking around Miraflores, including the Indian market with all the wonderful handicrafts from all over Peru. All high standard so lovely to look at with lots of pieces of art and wonderful ceramics. I didnt realise that ceramics was the main ...

A travel blog entry by themurphys
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After a 6 plus hour flight from Houston, we arrived in Lima.  What can I say, but "Interesting Place".  We took a cab from the airport through some rather downtrodden areas and dark, sinister back alleys, finally relieved to find the ...

A travel blog entry by johnorton
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... about, most famous place in all of South America. I wonder if it will have very many tourists... Quantifiable Summary Bus from Piura to Lima: 140soles ($45), 14 hours, well worth the sleep. Flight from Lima to Cusco: $105, 1 hour. Still alive.

A travel blog entry by rickwastaken
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... to me, Peru is Lima... and Lima is just another big city. With that said, I look forward to seeing more of Peru outside of Lima. Tomorrow, I meet my GAP Adventures tour group in the evening. And then the following day, we head to Pisco that afternoon. ...

A travel blog entry by chowie
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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 cliffs.& ...

A travel blog entry by johnorton
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... for more culture and for a rather special meeting. 5 years before me, Mom and Dad in Montana had an exchange student from Peru called Alejandro. Now I had heard about him and seen his picture on the wall. But never met him. Time to do something about ...

A travel blog entry by mette
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... Rafael Larco Herrera. This museum, according to the Lonely Planet, has a very good collection of potteries from every known early civilizations in Peru, but do you think that is the reason I came all the way here, NOT.  I am here to see the Erotic ...

A travel blog entry by andrewy
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... open letting in fresh ocean air...even though it's about 10 PM people are bustling in and out of this hostel in Miraflores, Lima, Peru.  What a dramatic change from the single digit temperatures of the last few days in Syracuse...it's not that I don't ...

A travel blog entry by rawhideone
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Hi Everybody,      No I didn´t vanish off the face of earth but I have arrived in Lima, Peru safe and sound.  Being able to get here is another story a touch of luck I guess.      I flight from LAX to ...

A travel blog entry by andrewy
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... nbsp;Nooo.. Ecuador people like monkey (furiously starts scratching his head and under his arms).   Steve: Like monkey? RPSM: Peru people no like Ecuador people, Colombia es coo, but no Peru. Muchu guerra weeth Peru (vibrates as he shoots off ...

A travel blog entry by steve_sara
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... American movie that never quite made it in Europe. It soon sends me into deep sleep. I wake back in the capital city of Peru, Lima. It is 5am in the morning and the toilet on the bus is so smelly that everyone is desperate to get off. Still half ...

A travel blog entry by rachel_john
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... , where we feasted on chicken nuggets and collapsed into bed. We spent the next day recovering in Cuzco before heading to Lima airport today, from where this evening we are heading onto Buenos Aires to begin our last week of travelling before heading ...

A travel blog entry by samkirsop
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... much in Lima.  After the bus ride back to Lima we figured we'd stay for a while and recharge our batteries.  Lima is an interesting place and after the obligatory rate negotiation we thought why not stay and maybe head north at a later date.  ...

A travel blog entry by eatdessertfirst
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... catch overnight buses?  Well yes we did, but we had to get out of Cusco somehow.  The prices of flights to Lima were unfortunately way outside our budget, so we decided to pay that little bit extra and travel in comfort with the bus company that ...

A travel blog entry by eatdessertfirst
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... street everythings - sweet sellers, shoe polishers, postcard sellers, taxi men, beggars, busy bodies, every Tom Dick and Harry in Lima and a man who was selling spongey Sponge Bob Square Pants - literally a cut-off piece of yellow sponge with a sticker of ...

A travel blog entry by andy_jillian
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... was a nice farewell to the Amazon after almost 3 weeks in the biggest expanse of rainforest on the planet. I arrived in Lima and caught a cab to Miraflores where I'm staying at the Hitchhikers hostel. Miraflores is apparently the safest place to stay in ...

A travel blog entry by christosp
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... my 3 year anniversary of traveling! Quite simply, it's been amazing.  My great friends from The Point Hostel here in Lima helped me celebrate... both my 3 year anniversary and a going away party.  That's right....going away.  Tomorrow ...

A travel blog entry by jeffsadventures
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... entry in my 6 month journey round South America (or bit of it anyway). I am currently ensconced in the very posh hotel in Lima that I booked for myself as a bit of a treat after 6 months of dorms, bad matresses and shared bathrooms. Its lovely! The ...

A travel blog entry by sarah_s_america
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... happy) which may have had an impact on our decision of how to spend our second day. We got up intending to go into Lima centre but over breakfast decided we were both feeling a bit lazy and couldn't quite be bothered so spent the day reading, watching TV ...

A travel blog entry by alexndean
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... south where we managed to find a great hostel in the middle of town. Arequipa is much more what I was expecting Peru to be: a lovely central square with impressive Spanish architecture, friendly locals and nice cafes all set against a wonderful backdrop ...

A travel blog entry by dazzla
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... a run down bus station in central Lima, looks pretty dodgy to be honest. This is more like the Lima I was expecting to see before I arrived in Peru's capital, the opposite end of the spectrum to Miraflores. I wondered why my bus ticket was so cheap when I ...

A travel blog entry by christosp
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I had seen lots of tourism photos of Peru. It's interesting how they never included any shots of Lima. Wonder why? Lima is an interesting place. It has its bad parts of town, and it has its worse parts of town. I arrived at 1 a.m. and was glad that ...

A travel blog entry by dane
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... a place where locals still live in mud brick houses and roads are not paved! Amost every building was covered with graffiti though. In Peru you don´t need to read up on the politics, you just need to read the graffiti on every wall to know what´s going on! ...

A travel blog entry by caznjasonescape
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