Del Pilar Miraflores Othon Classic Lima

... agencies who do the work of hooking you up with projects take such a lot of money, it's criminal.

We arrive in la Paz on Wednesday morning where we will stay for a few days to acclimatize, it's at almost 4000 metres and although we have been at that height several times in the past few months we haven't for a couple of weeks. Anyway, la Paz sounds like a cool place to hang out for a while (man), plus, we need to buy some warm weather gear. dave's ...

... te hebben gegeten naar het verderop gelegen Plaza de Martin gelopen. Er lopen hier volop politie en stadswachten rond dus hier valt het ook prima te doen. Met de taxi weer terug naar het Hostal en besloten om morgen te vertrekken naar Paracas. Telefonisch een busticket geboekt met Cruz del Sur die me in zo n drie uur in paracas gaat afzetten. Voor zover de eerste twee dagen in Lima, Peru

... to the Costa del Sol Hotel, a Ramada property. We were given a voucher for 2 complimentary "pisco sours," the "national cocktail" of Peru (More about that after the children go to bed, or we've actually tried it!). After what I'm sure will be a welcomed night's rest, we are off on a guided tour tomorrow to see the sights of Lima,
The day has been long and tiring but made so much better by thoughts of those at home who are loving and supporting us in so many ways!

... were so I could look up their songs to be able to sing along, but I must not have asked it properly, because she very immediately started drawing me a map of peru and explaining all the different kinds of music and instruments in the various regions. It was awesome.

... The message of Liber8 has reached Peru and the message of Peru will remain with us for a lifetime.

Apart from the work, we've seen some of the most inspiring scenery "Beathtaking"...Machu Picchu, the journey by Train, Bus and Plane.... we even had a dip into the hot springs below Machu Piccu and its been an experience hat has challenged values as well as encouraged the belief that what we have in Scotland shouldn't be taken for granted.... even hot ...

... really not well and afterwards returned to
the hotel to try sleep it off whilst the others went for a dance.

After a boggy and a cheeky McDonald's, Laura returned with the majority of
the others at 2pm, whilst Daniel stayed to impress the locals.


2nd July 2009

A much needed lie in after a night of dancing for some and being ill
for others, we met at 9.30am for a farewell breakfast. We said our
Lima, Peru dlz

... morbid but it was so cool to see the history and how it has all been preserved. We also saw the second most important library in South America. It has 25,000 books and has the first Spanish dictionary there. The books there range from the 16th to the 20th centuries! How cool, right? They had big books there as well. The big ones were used for choirs so they could read the lyrics in olden days. We couldn't take pictures in any of these places ...

... wow, ich habe noch nie soviel geld aufeinmal gesehen. das gebäude d** notebank ist ein schöne alte kolonial residenz downtown lima, hint** dem kongress. wenn man das gebäude betritt kann man sich kaum vorstellen, dass hi** tatsächlich münzen gepresst w**den. jedoch umso näh** man vom eingang in die residenz zu den produktionshallten voranschreitet spürt man imm** deutlich w**dend**es beben, das von den 450 KN stanzen in den hallen ausgelöst wird. die maschinen sind ...

... that if you honk your horn first, you have right of way. Lanes do not apply. For that matter, neither do traffic lights or pavements. I will be forever haunted by my first experience of getting a taxi and being literally 1 foot from the car next to us. The driver thoughfully asked me if I wanted to bring my arm back into the cab (I was resting it on the door - like you do) before I lost it ...

... my coffee. Linda quickly showed me around Miraflores, and we had a great time. Demitiri was very entertaing, as well, but spent a great time in his room, holed up, writing his memoir, or whatever. Shortly after I arrived, I met a gal named Debbie, from England, who had come to the SAE clubhouse to buy a membership. She was staying down the road at a hostel, and she and I joined up for Spanish ...