Flying Dog B Lima

28/10/09

Finally arrived in Lima. Darryl picked me up from the airport. A few small tears were shed. We sat down for Darryl's favourite drink of the moment – Inca Kola and then caught a cab to our hostel. Darryl insisted on catching an 'unmarked' cab to save cash. As soon as the driver pulled out of the airport he was flagged to the side of the road by police and fined for not being a registered driver...

We arrived at the hostel at which I was appalled. Darryl said it was...

We arrived in Lima bleary-eyed at about 6am. After getting a taxi we arrived at the hostel in Miraflores, to discover that our room wouldnīt be ready till midday. So we dozed for a few hours in the general common area, then went off to have lunch round the corner, before going on a wander west to a small shopping centre above the water front which was very pretty. We returned to the hostel at midday, but then had to sit around till we were finally let into our room at 2pm (apparently there ha...

Awoke clutching my knife as a loud bang erupted from the streets below, I murmured something about the Flintstones and tried to doze off... but I couldn't because it was 25 Celsius. Today was the day I decided to check out of the lovely and authentic, but crummy Hotel Espaņa and into the new and tourist friendly Flying Dog Hostel In the safer Mira Flores. (At 10$US per night with free cable TV, it was a steal) I spent the day playing the white man and having a fun time, I most likely tabbed a...

Staying in the seaside suburb of Miraflores which is fantastic - loads of green parks, malls and ofcourse the beach (not that great)!

Lima Sometimes you just need the big city lights, the malls, and the cinemas oozing with Hollywood flicks and the scent of freshly popped popcorn to get you back into the mood to travel. In Lima, Peru's capital city of 8 million inhabitants, we found just the right mix of comforts and western delights that we were missing. We put up in the comfortable, safe and central part of town in Miraflores. Just a short walk from here was Larco Mar, a classy mall built into the cliffs overlooking the va...

Today was our first day of our travels and for the first morning we didnīt really leave the hostel. We spent our time sorting out and booking our first week. Finally after gettting buses hostels and activities sorted we moved on to actual sight seeing. First thing we noticed was how big Grandpa is out here - the crafty beggar never let on that he owns a bank and shopping centre out here. On to the main square in what can only be described as driving in the looses sense of the word. A rollerco...

An eight hour bus ride back to Lima proved to be not as torturous as we expected. Especially when the onboard entertainment of a whole bus game of bingo started up-most amusing!! A short entry this one really but most importantly Ash has now had Alpaca!! He asked for it well done which in South America means oozing with blood- he said it tasted of beef!! Just the Guinea Pig to go now!! Transferred to the tour hotel the next day, very posh compared to our hostel - TV and hot water. Met some of...

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I donīt really like Lima, i think thats fairly obvious by now. Its just incredibly unfortunate that its in the middle of the country and the transport hub. Blah to that.
Anyway this time i had a purpose to being there, meeting Barb so we could head north to the BEACH!!
I also had the aim of being productive, and did infact manage to save and upload photos, which i guess is a start. And i did consider going to the post office to post myself another package home, but instead just chose t...

Having arrived in the capital, we made our was to the more cosmopolitan area of Miraflores, where we checked into the Flying Dog hostel. We spent the afternoon booking our route out of the capital to Cuzco (22 hours by bus) before visiting Pizza Street for an early dinner. The next morning, we wandered round a photographic exhibition in the nearby park, before heading downtown. As we arrived in the main plaza in the historic centre of Lima, a massive procession was taking place with people po...