Karma Guest House Lima

... shining path' & the reign of terror they carried out in Peru over a certain period of years thanks to their leader Guzman. The reason it was disturbing was because it was an exhibition of pictures.

In the afternoon we went to the 'San Francisco Convent'. One of the oldest cathedrals in South America. Here we got an excellent tour of the famous catacombs. The underground catacombs are the burial ...

... night and after walking into our dorm to see a guy on his phone with a cigarette in his hand, we all quickly realised we were a bit to old for dorms these days... As luck would have it Quique was looking after another apartment, with 2 double bedrooms and no one else. It was perfect, off this very quiet and cute gated path, and the same price as his hostel which we still had a key to get back into for breakie and internet! After dropping our ...

... our hostel, which after an hour of waiting deceided that they didnīt have a room for us and drove us to a different suburb of Miraflores where there was a room.

From here on Iīll change my attitude. The suburb of Miraflores was reminiscent of areas of Hamsptead and nicer than I was expecting from a Capital city of the developing world. After sorting out flights for Cusco, we wandered to the districts central park and rewarded ourselves with a quick boozy sit down for ...

... in South America; actually, thatīs not strictly true as we received a snotty reply off them 10 days later!

So, our nightmare scenario of landing in South America in the middle of the night, not being able to speak the lingo and having nowhere to stay was starting to pan out. Clearly, our run of bad luck regarding accommodation was continuing.

Eventually we got chatting to a taxi driver, who said he could recommend a hostel. Once we had convinced ...

We had 3 days to kill to Lima before flying to Cuzco and 2 would have been more than enough to see everything but it really wasnt as bad as everyone kept saying - apart from the weather. It was completely overcast for the whole 3 days we were there which was a bit depressing and which is why we didnt really take any pics to include here..

We were staying in the nicest neighbourhood were all the foreigners seem to live. It must be quite ...

INCA TRAIL TO MACHU PICCHU 4 Days / 3 Night



The Inca Trail to Machupicchu is rated amongst the ten best trekking trails in the world because of the exquisite beauty of it’s natural surroundings. These includes different ecological areas from the high Andean plains, to the cloud forest with an impressive ...

... si ceramica, dar si dureros. La ultimul etaj este o expozitie de fotografie cu istoria recenta a Peruului. Si anume, regimul militar si lupta cu '' Sendero luminoso", o organizatie comunista si terorista, alaturi de care a mai aparut alta organizatie - Tupac Amaru (MRTA), organizatie de gherila, care actiona in principal sub acoperirea padurii tropicale.
Aceste organizatii impreuna cu militarii guvernamentali, au reusit performanta negativa si sangeroasa ...

... de mourir un nombre incalculable de fois (je suis a l'avant et vois toute la circulation) tellement cette voie rapide est un bordel routier, 2 accidents sur le trajet. J'arrive enfin a la Casa de Mochilero vers 9h pour manger un gros chifa. Marcahuasi me manque deja, pour certaines raisons, ce lieu etrange est reposant et attractif et on se sent bien au milieu de ce decor surnaturel. J'y retournerai bien.

... We also wandered to Chinatown where we saw no other gringos at all, the best spots to visit are always those where the tourists dont really go and Chinatown was madness. So, Lima was excellent, dont know if Id ever feel the need to go back but it was an excellent 4 days or whatever. Now Im in Areuipa, gonna spend a bit of time here, maybe do some Spanish lessons and hopefully a trek as well and then its off to Cusco for meeting Lisa!!!

... a comment that I had come from a very far place "muito lejos!" I also found this very amusing as I had often thought that Africa seemed closer to South America than say, North America or Europe. Later I took an open-top bus tour of Miraflores – drove past Indian crafts markets, a casino and Parque del Amor (Park of Love) with a big sculpture of a kissing couple with a view of the Pacific Ocean – apparently it gets busy at night.

The ...