Francia Inn Hotel Lima
Velarde 185, Miraflores, San Isidro Lima, Peru
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Christmas Day
... day it rained, but we didnt mind hanging out. Mum decided to check out the pre colonial museum and told us it wa full of ceramics from 0 - 1800. So i didnt feel like i missed out in anything there. After some more oxygen and altitude pills I felt good enough to have Christmas dinner at Jacks Cafe, a famous cafe that serves all of my favorite food. Bed for a good ...
Annie`s Anecdotes..so far
... br> The markets were interesting too..the meat is just on the table no fridge, flies everywhere and there for the whole day...!!..the fruit looks very bruised though loads of variety and the rice pasta and flours are all sold from large bags you help yourself from..needless to say we bought nothing there..
The endless horn papping gets to you a bit.. ... it is because there are no rules on the roads you get to a junction and you pap your horn and hope ..the near ...
The dump that is Lima
... that there is really nothing to see.
Another reason I didnt like Lima was there are no meters in the taxis so you have to haggle. I have got a lot better at it but its not ideal when you are jetlagged and donīt know what is a fair price in such a large city. I also found the service really bad due to the fact that people are very pushy, just want your money and after that they done care.
Its fair to say I was relieved to get on the bus to ...
The First Stop
... we were stamped and good to go. The Peru airport was impeccable and very well organized as well. We were warned by our Peruvian friends to be very cautious of the taxis right at the Lima airport and what area of town you stay in. Many of the taxis outside of the gates they warn can rip you off and sometimes take you not where you want to go. So we avoided this by a service thankfully offered by our hostel to send our flight info and they will be waiting with ...
December 2012 Blues
... the right to property is more important than the right to live. People are worth less than things. Impunity laws are very revealing in this respect: The laws that absolved the military dictatorships of the terror they had inflicted in the three Southern Cone countries forgave all murders and tortures, but they did not forgive crimes against property (Chile: decree number 2191 in 1978; Uruguay: Law 15848 in 1986; Argentina: Law 23521 in 1987).
The "social cost" ...



