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Surprised by Lima

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... the cliffs over the water and I just walked and walked for miles marvelling at 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 ...

Lazy day in the hotel before flight

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... nice 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 ...

Back to Lima

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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 ...

I'm on Vacation from my Vacation!!!!

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... a room....you know - all those time consuming things I do in a day. So come along with us for a three week whirlwind tour through Peru and hopefully a week into Bolivia - I am sure it will be interesting. I have been in Lima for a few ...

Dropped the rest of the tour for safety reasons

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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 ...

loose ends...

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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 ...

Last Day in Peru

A travel blog entry by dane

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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 ...

End of Short of Breath

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... rice. 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 ...

Burger of Beast

A travel blog entry by chowie

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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, ...

Lima - overnight

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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 ...

BINGO! on the way to Lima, Peru

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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 ...

Henry and Jorge

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... a better life somewhere, away from the corruption and limited opportunities in an over educated, yet under opportunitied country like Peru. Immigrating to Canada could be the answer, the dream that they both wanted. Sounded great – ...

Finding Food, Wine and Friends in Lima

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... was fantastically quiet, and had super comfy beds and pillows, and the following night we slept like babies! We both really enjoyed Lima. We stayed in the Miraflores district, one of the nicer areas. It was also marvellous to be wearing shorts for the ...

After 9 years of yearning...

A travel blog entry by chowie

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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 ...

I'll have an Inka cola with my guinea pig please.

A travel blog entry by mette

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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 ...

Miraflores - nice end to an expedition

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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 ...

Last day in Peru

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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 ...

taking it all in....

A travel blog entry by rawhideone

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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 ...

Back to Lima

A travel blog entry by themurphys

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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 ...

Airport Drama

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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 ...

100,000km and still travelling...

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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... speaker didn’t make another sound all night. (Andrew Edit – after hearing a few horror stories about the area surrounding Lima airport I would not recommend anyone do what we did and wander out of the vehicle exit gate trying to flag down ...

A luxurious day in Lima

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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... next blog to show you – amazing! We got back in the car and drove towards Miraflores, the tourist Mecca of Lima and a expensive neighbourhood to live in. Some of the houses around ‘Olive tree Park’ were straight out of Grand ...

Leaving Peru

A travel blog entry by rachel_john

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... pointless 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 ...

Interview with a Random Peruvian Street Merchant

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... : 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 ...

Loving the lights of Lima

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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... the red wine. We collected the luggage and bowled out to try our arm at getting into town without being ripped off, which at Lima Airport is notoriously difficult. After about � an hour we had tried every taxi, the prices ranged from 100 soles to 50 ...

From Clowns to Breakdowns

A travel blog entry by samkirsop

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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 ...

Iquitos to Lima - Day 94

A travel blog entry by christosp

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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 ...

Not much to do in Peru!

A travel blog entry by andy_jillian

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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 ...

Heading home

A travel blog entry by sarah_s_america

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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 ...

Lima

A travel blog entry by alexndean

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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 ...

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Surprised by Lima

Lazy day in the hotel before flight

Back to Lima

I'm on Vacation from my Vacation!!!!

Dropped the rest of the tour for safety reasons

loose ends...

Last Day in Peru

End of Short of Breath

Burger of Beast

Lima - overnight

BINGO! on the way to Lima, Peru

Henry and Jorge

Finding Food, Wine and Friends in Lima

After 9 years of yearning...

I'll have an Inka cola with my guinea pig please.

Miraflores - nice end to an expedition

Last day in Peru

taking it all in....

Back to Lima

Airport Drama

100,000km and still travelling...

A luxurious day in Lima

Leaving Peru

Interview with a Random Peruvian Street Merchant

Loving the lights of Lima

From Clowns to Breakdowns

Iquitos to Lima - Day 94

Not much to do in Peru!

Heading home

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