El Capitan
Travel Blogs from San Felipe
Getting Lost in Lima
... when I’m going to a big city, butterflies in the stomach, and chest tightening. Once there I jumped into a cab and went to the hotel I’d booked in the historical centre, I decided to stay there as that was where my friend from Rurre, (Ham) was staying. I was contemplating staying in the gringo area of Miraflores, but knew I’d spent a fortune and probably get seriously drunk due to it ...
California-Part 3 (including a trip to Mexico)
... telling us how when his friends ask him "aren't you scared to drive to Mexico?" he replies and says "Yes, but the moment I've past through L.A I'm safe". After about a 7 hour bus trip, we arrived at El Dorado Ranch .We popped down to the beach to sip on a piña colada out of an actual Pineapple. It was delish! We then had a lovely seafood dinner before heading into San Felipe to check into our hotel called the Red Lobster.....located in the bright ...
Lima torture and skeletons
... to feel quite dodgy so we made our way out of the city centre to their 'magic water' park. This place is in the Guinness book of records for the biggest collections of water fountains in a park (or something like that). It's got security so is marked as safe for us pale 'uns. We paid approximately €1.10 in and got to see a laser show through a huge fountain that disney would have been proud of. It was really well done and packed with families and teenagers. The thing for ...
Big surprise
... Before leaving for the beach I had put all my stuff in a small locker. When I returned I realised that my locker was empty and my passport, phone and all my money was missing. Shocked still, I remembered the words of my friend who helped me checkout "your locker is 4th from the left". I had locked the wrong locker and luckily my stuff was still there. Yaayyy. Close. I checked out of the hostel and went to my friends home (the one I had met ...
The 96 hour highjack
... first day we got a ride with a father and son it was a ride i think raina manifested :
a fast car that goes far and play american pop music. it totally was and they totally did. and some really awesome south american music too. but it wasn“t so fast when the road had washed away a couple months ago on the only road leading from the west coast of colombia to the capitol city of bogotį. there was so much traffic and we were stopped for 4 hours waiting for ...