El Condado Miraflores Hotel Lima

... jam, bread fresh out of the oven (which tasted as good as cake), fried eggs and yukas. Oh, and some renowned Oxapampinan coffee - a nice change from Bolivia and Nescafe.

After breakfast I went for a long walk in the countryside, followed by an even longer lunch at La Baca. Other times I’ve been to Bonn Bonn’s and Italo’s. I recommend all three for their regional specialities.

Lima, Peru katarinahorrox

... Com suco de Chicha Morada, um milho roxo, muito bom!

Peguei o ônibus para Cusco as 14h00. A poltrona era super confortável (ainda bem, já que eram 21h00 de viagem!) e eu sentei no primeiro banco do segundo andar, de onde podia ver a paisagem.

O litoral do Peru, por onde passei, é bem diferente. Há montanhas de areia por toda a parte, como se fosse um deserto...Com algumas casas espalhadas por algumas das praias.
Depois ...

... also just do what we did, and just have him make you dinner while you sleep off your Swine flu symptoms. Stop and Drop is located next to Kennedy park, which is the same park the Flying Dog Backpacker's hostel is located next to. Skip this hostel. It's huge and impersonal. Near this park, there is also a modern supermarket, where you can actually buy fresh juice without sugar added. We had a day to kill in Lime, so we went to the museum. It's free! It also offered a ...

... in our first flight and lunch in the second flight all without having to pay extra fees. They even gave us utensils!

Now to Peru, when we arrived to the airport I think we were a little over paranoid especially after reading the warnings from lonely planet and other travelers on the plane. We were suppose to get picked up by this arranged ride that the place that we were staying at set up, but we must´ve gotten paranoid and we didn´t see the ...

... largest fountain in a park in the world. We saw some old ruins that were built in early A.D. as well (I think it was around 200-700 A.D.). We also saw the President's Palace here in Lima as well. Melanie and I sat on the top of the bus and we could see great! We took tons of pictures! During the middle of the tour we stopped to see the Monastery of San Francisco. It was enormous, ornate, and beautiful! I took a bunch of photographs outside ...

... of course. Buenas Noches! Lessons Learned 1. Taxi prices in Peru are very inexpensive in a monetary sense. For instance the 40 minute trip to the aiport is 27.00 U.S Dollars and around town typically 3 to 6 dollars. 2. When everyone around you speaks Spanish you tend to pick up key words and phrases much easier. 3. Everyone barters in Peru (We know Debbie this would be rough on you)

... in Lima. We arrived in Lima in the early afternoon. Our GAP driver never came to pick us up so we had to find our own way to the hotel. Once there, we were hungry to try the Ceviche that we totally avoided before the Inca Trail. But now that we are done the Inca Trail and have nothing to lose (as we have all had the share of the runs by now), what the heck?! We ...

Our bus went lickty split back over the Andes, much quicker than the train. When I arrived at the bus station, I bought a ticket up north to Chimbote. I was able to check my luggage, and I had a few hours to kill before the bus departed. I needed some new shoes, I had holes in my sneakers, so flagged a taxi down, and asked to go to el meracdo. He asked what I ...

... It landed up not helping...immediately I felt the vomit creep up and I knew right there and then that it was a point of no return. I rushed down the steps to the bottom level of the bus where the toilets were. Even though I almost made it, I did not make it in time. I threw on the floor just before the toilet and on the toilet seat. I felt terrible. The bus steward immediately came. He offered to help clean up, but I refused to allow ...