El Condado Miraflores Hotel Lima

Our first transit through Lima consisted of the departure lounge at teh airport, and according to nearly everyone we had spoken to (mostly Peruvians), they told us not to bother wth Lima, it was horrible and the airport was probably the nicest part!<br><br>So, after 4 hours we arrived... and booked our ticket straight back out of there to Trujillo for later that day (the night bus!)<br><br>We ...

... during daylight hours.<br><br>I had to wait one more day for my shiny new passport. I decided to try not to spend too much money so I did some window shopping and had a nice lunch but otherwise just read, mainly. As soon as I got my shiny new passport, complete with biometric stuff, I had to rush off to Immigration to sort out the paperwork and get a new entry stamp before I boarded a bus to Cuzco. Yes, all the way to Cuzco....<br><br>Hasta luego!<br>

Everyone woke up fresh, unfresh, sick, hangover, with broken hand, .....we got it all at this wedding!!!!<br>The bus took us at 12.30 pm for a nice 30 minutes ride to go to la hacienda, outside Lima<br>The place was amazing!!!!<br>Looked like a green ranch with horses!!<br><br>We got greated with music and.....again!!!!.......pisco sour!!!<br>Un poco de comida y el espectalulo se acaba!!!<br>Horses, dances, food coming at mean time.....very nice<br>Then we moved to the terrasse for a very ...

... all for us, but they were nice enough to heat up some bread, pull out the butter and jam, orange juice, and even make us coca tea.<br><br>I went to bed pleased with all I had seen and done on the trip.  While I wish I could have seen more, I was ready to be able to drink from fountains and eat salads again.  I left the next morning for home, not too disappointed to be going, but most certainly very happy with my visit in Peru.  I highly recommend it.

... along Lima. It is low 20s here so we have been in Pants and T shirts or sweaters for the two days we have been here. The hostel was great we slept for 9hrs and 11hrs each night so feeling quite rested now which is great. The bus ride down south is about 7hrs today - haha so the adventure begins! Thanks so much for the Dexter it is awesome! Love you lots miss you! How is school? What is new with you ? Internet is cheap here like 30cents an hr. <br>Talk soon!<br><br>Love you lots<br>Jen

... ceviche is raw fish, calamar, scallops, mussels, snails that are "cooked" in lime juice. I had a fried fish dish preceded by a rather salty potato soup. Then we left to peruse the outdoor vendors. I found a great dessert of rice con leche. A woman was sitting on the ground nearby selling tablecloths, two for 20 soles ($7). Of course, I bought two before we walked further to the Mercado de Artesanos where we ...

... like to be interrupted.  Jim kept wanting to add in something about the geography of the sites were seeing (makes sense since this is a geography class) but she didn't seem to want to let him talk.  Don't worry she couldn't stop him!  It was the joke of lunch today that Jim can talk just as much as any female at the table. I must say it was a great first day!  The students are in fantastic spirits, the pace has been perfect, and the weather is a reasonable 70 degrees.  Can't ask for more!

... the Peruvian version of Benidorm and it was not my kind of place at all. However, this time around I loved Lima! I was staying in a really lovely area called Barranco which has a colonial feel to it, the room in the hostel had a view of the Pacific Ocean and all the people there were lovely and I had such a laugh. I also was brought bang up to date on Peruvian cuisine and even got taken to a very, very nice restaurant in the ...

... for the era, time and place, at least amongst the men. One local guy shows me his little off-site crib for 'fookey-fookey&#8217; and smoking pot, which is what we&#8217;re doing. <br><br>A short while after, back in my hotel, still high from life, I meet another guest who happens to be Cajun.<br><br> &#8220;Where are you from?&#8221; he asks.<br><br> &#8220;Jackson, Mississippi.&#8221;<br><br ...