Country Info
- Lima
- Capital
- Nuevo Sol (PEN)
- Currency
- 27,483,864
- Population
- PE
- Country Code
Lima Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Lima, Peru
Lima......our last stop in South America
This is a top pick! So we made the choice a month ago that we would fork out the extra cash to fly from Santa Marta - Lima, I dont think we would have survived at least 4 days of bus journeys through 3 countries and 2 border crossings and god knows how many different buses, ...
We do actually do some work here
This is a top pick! So here´s a rundown of what we actually are doing in the Amazon. Each day we are on one of 5 activities - point counts, netting, mammals, plants or camp duty. What your day is like depends on the activity and may start at 4am, or you may be lucky and ...
Lima
This is a top pick! ... except when the ´Spice Boys´popped out for a show on stage. "Spice up your Life"- No Thanks. I took a taxi into central Lima and was actually quite surprised at how nice the central Plaza was. From there, there was a main bustling shopping street and ...
Lima
This is a top pick! ... which includes a brass band and lots of flighty soldier´s legs. Also worth a mention are La Basilica Cathedral de Lima, the San Francisco Convent with Catacombs and the Museo de la Inquisicion. The Basilica Tour guide was the best while the ...
Collpa
This is a top pick! In the last week of camp we took a trip upriver into the reserve zone itself to visit a couple of the collpas there and to do some bird watching. We left a day later than expected due to problems with the booking of the tourist boat to pick us up (since ...
Lazy days at the Lake
This is a top pick! Towards the end of phase once most of the work was done the group split into two groups and went to visit an ox-box lake at the lodge where the boys go to play soccer every Sunday. I was in the first group to go and once at the main lodge we met up with ...
Lima - Beginning The South America Leg
This is a top pick! ... our way into Chile as soon as we could, in order to complete a circuitous route which would take us into Bolivia and back into Peru after a couple of weeks. We were unable to check-in straight away at the airport as we had in fact arrived too early! ...
Out of the Amazon
This is a top pick! The question that needs to be asked is where to I start with this. I have no idea so am just going to ramble for a while until I figure out how to write this. We´ve emerged from the jungle at the end of our ten weeks in the Amazon and have returned ...
Is Seven Inches Enough?
This is a top pick! ... we are able to change our clothes at least every two or three days!! It's only the rare occasion (like here in Lima where we're visiting an elegant friend) that we feel somewhat embarrassed with our limited wardrobes. For the more technically minded ...
Capital city
This is a top pick! Have spent three days in Lima, shopping for Christmas presents. Tried a Peru mall but didn´t try the Peru mall prices! So headed down the local markets for better variety and cheaper bargains. Walked along the ...
Lima - Last Couple of Nights in South America
This is a top pick! ... were shut and we were taxiing down the runway! Thankfully, with no further hassles, we made it to 'Hostal Inca's Palace' in Miraflores, Lima, where our request to have the same room as on our last stay was granted. It felt good to return to a ...
Arrived ALIVE!!!!
This is a top pick! ... so short on time now that we couldnt even go overland through Ecuador, so after getting up at 2am we jumped on a plane bound for Lima - Peru. Of course nothing runs smoothly and we had hassle at Bogota airport, they told us that we needed to pay $60 ...
It´s been another one of those three ...
This is a top pick! ... work out yet another system and so a lot of time gets wasted - all part of the travel experience. So now I´m in Peru, currently in Lima, heading to Puerto Maldonado sometime in the next couple of days before an 8 or so hour boat ride down the river ...
Bring on the heat! (But keep the tropical rains..)
This is a top pick! ... as people stroll casually around the town going about their business. Tour agencies abound but there are no street hasslers as in Peru. You can wander around each agency without any pressure. Jason and I "The Flashpackers" (so dubbed by a hostel owner ...
Other Wildlife
This is a top pick! Not all of the wildlife we saw at Bahuaja was mammalian or bird. One of the most common things we got to see where the insects, which were both constantly annoying (mosquitoes and sandflies) or amazing in their colours and diversity. The sizes of ...
Lima is alright actually.....
This is a top pick! ... and had a look at the view and the very posh shopping centre here Larco Mar which is a world away from the rest of Peru with chain restaurants and v expensive shops. Went into the Marriot hotel to laugh at the restaurant prices and then down the road to ...
Destination 2: Peru
This is a top pick! ... 'cos it was such a clear day and we got to see the Andes and Lake Titikaka where we'll be cruuising down in a few days! Arriving in Lima was a bit of a shock after spending a week in Rio - it's a lot colder for one thing, and a little less developed. The ...
Peru is Good
This is a top pick! ... hour flight back to Santiago. Having changed our flight, we made our way straight to the connecting flight up to Lima in Peru. The flight arrived around midnight and after the two hours getting through the huge immigration and customs queues we finally ...
Machu Pichu
This is a top pick! Just survived the Inca trail and sheltering from the rain awaiting the train back to Cusco to rest up for a couple of days!! The trail lived up to all my expectations... including the rain!! The first day lulled us into a false sense of security with a ...
Life in Lima
This is a top pick! ... for a lot longer. This pleases the hostel owner, of course, as we suck more money out of them than they expected to budget for Lima. In the end, everyone leaves pretty damn happy from here. I am looking forward to my first visitor.. one of my old college ...
Lima
This is a top pick! ... past the busy traffic and then catch a taxi to an upmarket shopping centre - you dont feel like your in Peru. Friday April 29th 2005 Visited central Lima today, and the sun has broken through the cloud, so everything looks a lot better. Go to ...
One more time.....
This is a top pick! ... Lima at 11 pm at night, we needed a place to stay. John had found us a hostel in one of the nicest parts of Lima, Mireflores. Aside from the spanish speaking man at the welcome desk, however, one would have no way of knowing that we were actually in Peru ...
Lima, Huacachina, Nazca, Arequipa
This is a top pick! ... standing there on auto pilot pulling all these beers. Thrill Seeking Around the Desert Oasis of Huacachina After the excitement of Lima, even more excitement awaited us at the sand dunes around the desert oasis of Huacachina. As you pass miles after ...
Loving Lima
This is a top pick! ... of the markets but gave up after walking around for 2 hours... instead, we went to one of Julio s favourite restaurants in Lima, the Puntarenas Restaurant (Nacho Garcia) which is an absolute must if coming to Lima. The address is Jiron Santa Teresa No ...
Darkest Peru
This is a top pick! ... turned into a really surreal experience. We met a local lawyer, Jose Antonio, who spoke English and was eager to show that Peru and Lima were indeed civilised places. He took us on a tour of the main University in Lima before kindly taking us to his ...
Start of the next adventure
This is a top pick! AFter the trip to the Amazon, it was back to Lima to meet the group for the Peru trip and the last stage of my travels (very scary!!) The first thing that I found very strange after my Africa trip was that almost the entire group were British, or had ...
Happy Halloween
This is a top pick! ... seems to be fun no matter what country I'm in... last year I was in Nicaragua at this time. Now I am in Peru's big captial city, Lima. Since arriving in Lima, I've found a cool hostel in the Barranco neighborhood called The Point. And my timimg couldn't ...
All the pretty birdies
This is a top pick! During the phase we got to see some amazing birds as well as the plain brown jobs, although when you see them up close none of them are actually plain brown, just through binos they´re brown blobs. Some of the guys were keeping tally´s of how many ...