Antara Lima

... actually a pretty interesting experience, which I can basically describe as going to a two story DMV. Thankfully we went with Lisbeth, who works at Ruiz (my university), because it gave me a whole new appreciation for how hard it is for people who don´t speak English in the US. Even just the forms are complicated, since Peru has a different way of writing addresses and things like that.. much less navigating the place once you´re inside. <br><br>My birthday (20--I´m no ...

... curious), buying a SIM card for my phone, and stocking up on bottled water and snacks &#8211; feeling a bit like a survivalist bringing &#8220;sustenance&#8221; back the cave. While my hostel was filled with a fair number of interesting folks for the first two days &#8211; a very nice group of Brits on 2-month holiday from &#8220;Uni&#8221; (University), a Kiwi named Jack who jammed with me on guitars stashed in the common room, the professional cyclist Florin and his fianc ...

... a bus headed for Lima, which I´d previously decided to forego, but now had time to include before Cusco. <br> Julieann and I have been staying in the Miraflores district of Lima since Monday morning. It´s a fantastic city and district - reminds me a lot of Los Angeles, actually. Miraflores has particularly been a nice combination of foreign- and home-flavor. It´s still definitely Peru, but there´s a (big and fancy) McDonalds and Burger King near our ...

... I would consider their version of a peace pipe, a slightly alcoholic drink made from the juice of the yucca root), and were given coconuts to drink/eat as we headed down river for the afternoon. After about an hour in the boat, we landed and ended up at the home of a family that lived alone along the river. The woman there knew Jorge's father, and we were invited with open arms. This is effectively a self-sufficient family, who has almost nothing extra in the way of ...

... está conosco, falar sobre a história da família Schröder no Peru, mostrar os bairros mais bonitos da cidade como Miraflores, San Isidro e Barranco. <br><br>Em nossa primeira tarde fizemos um passeio com Eliana para termos uma primeira ideia de Lima. Uma cidade marcada por taxis, um céu constantemente nublado, de casa bem mantidas de arquitetura colonial de influencia espanhola moura. Ao final da tarde paramos no Mango Café com uma vista maravilhosa do oceano Pac ...

... t have a license to goto the Airport....<br><br>Got my bag from the luggage storage and decided to spend a bit more to have it get secured since Lima been known to have people steal stuff from your luggage.<br><br>Checked in and dropped off my Rent-A-Cell, bought two more bottles of Pisco at the duty free shop, paid for my international fee..and waited patiently for my plane to arrive. <br><br>Grabbed some ceviche at a Airport restaurant since I ...

... dans le Barrio Chino qui n'a rien de chinois nous dejeunons un "poulet fou" (nom que nous donnons a tous les restos de poulets rotis-frites). Lucie se fait voler son sac : decidement... Son carnet, son passeport, ses affaires, tout est perdu. Elle est vraiment mal, je lui demande de rentrer pour se preparer a aller chercher Calixte. Je reste dans le quartier pres de ...

... I know where to come back!! Sunday was a lazy day. We went into Lima and rummaged around the markets. It´s unbelievable how cheap it is. I was so chuffed with a beautiful leather buckle bag I bought for the equivalent of a fiver - amazing. Annoyingly my card got eaten up by the ATM machine but fingers crossed that won´t be a wholly major issue. As it was Palm Sunday, everyone was walking around with palm leaves. Like the good Catholic ...