Embajadores Hotel Lima

... obviously was halloween. We through a party for the kids that we tutor in Callao, complete with games, cake, worms in dirt, face painting... the works. They absolutely loved it! We showed up in costumes, which was a really fun adventure, since we had to take two taxis, and when we got out and switched we stopped to grab some snacks, and everyone was staring at the gigantic gringo in a garfield/tiger costume. It was hilarious. Well after Callao Luke and I went out with two ...

... took to practicing Spanish regularly – and he gave me some great tips on navigating the sites in Miraflores and Lima Centro (including my first pre-Inca site at Huaca Pucllana – see attached pictures). Had one especially memorable night with ten of us travelers (Irish, Australian, Brazilian, Peruvian, English, Argentinian, Danish, and American) packed around a patio table sharing stories and indulging in several cases of Cusqueña beer (el mejor cerveza de Peru). Ah ...

... for...a Chinese. It's pretty much the same as every other Chinatown and the food was good. As rush-hour frantic-ness descened on downtown Lima we escaped back to our nice Hampstead-esque suburb with a quaint night market in the park. <br><br>The next morning was off to the airport and Cusco. Now I fully accept that having spent a grand total of 25 hours in Lima my assessment is far from complete but it was a far better time than I thought.<br><br>Onward to altitude now...

... and some of their local dances. Once we were all danced-out, we went back to sitting around and chatting. The students were asking some great questions. My two favorites were "what's the economic crisis like in the US?" and "Why do you think Osama attacked the US on 9/11?" The fact that this is what these kids were asking about blew me away. After we finished the bucket, we quickly went to bed, turning down the 2nd bucket we were being offered. But as we reflected the next ...

Not wanting to visit a shantytown, we rented a driver and hired a guide to explore the archeological site of Pachacamac. Our driver (arranged by our tour director) turned out to not speak ANY English. I speak some Spanish but it made for an interesting ride as the driver spoke a Peruvian dialect. We learned later that he was not even a licensed driver, jut a friend of our tour guide. The taxi ride alone was an E ...

... br>Yvonne has left to the UK, so its now just me and Anna. Our plan from Lima is to leave Peru and get to the jungle in north Boliva as soon as possible. The plan: fly to Cusco, bus to Le Paz in Bolivia. Its going to take two days of straight travel through some area we´re familar with. <br><br>I will miss Peru: it is much much more diverse than i had imagined (the mountains, jungle, the dry antiplano ...

We arrived in Lima eleven hours after leaving Minneapolis, and with about six hours before our final flight to the city of Cusco. Our arrival in Peru was a bit surreal. We were welcomed to Lima and asked to stay seated while medical staff in full body cover walked the length of the plane asking if anyone felt ill. Not surprisingly, no one raised their hand. There's not a lot to do in Jorge ...

Lima is MASSIVE! Home to something like 8 million people. It is busy, bustling, stinky and polluted. We stayed at one of the nicest hostel so far, the inka frog. Nice and new. TV and dvd in room, great breakfasts every morning, comfy bed and hot shower. Bliss. We didnt do too much while in Miraflores. Both of us had a craving for japanese food and just around the corner were two of the ...