Garden Lima

... city.The old ramshackle wooden terraced mansions on the tree lined streets leading off the Plaza Mayor must have once looked great.<br>Whilst searching for one of these mansions, "the oldest in South America" I wander across the bridge into an area called Rimac. I´d read in my LP that it has the best peña folklore bars, but that it´s also pretty aggressive. It´s not long before someone comes over and tells me "no vengas para aca" I don´t ...

... storming out of the station. Rude ba***d! Nicki shouted and we went to book our ticket to Trujillo somwehere else.<br><br>As it turned out there was a nice lady working for the same company about 3 doors down who luckily gave us our ticket and we set off into the city to kill some time till 11. I felt like a weight was on my shoulders that would be lifted as soon as we left the. Eliminated Lima and moved on...<br><br>

... including some amazing pre-Columbian art, textile work, silver and gold works (including sacrificial jewellery) a fantastic and informative collection of erotic art all of which had been discovered in the graves some dating back 12th century. Unbelievable. <br><br>We arrived back at the hotel to find we had a babysitter booked for a few hours. What was unfortunate for her was that the kids had recently watched an Austen Powells&#8217; film where one of the ...

... we go to the hotel "Country Club Lima".<br><br>The cocktail party starts with champagne from Argentina, huge cheese buffet and chocolate buffet.<br>Again a peruvian thing :)<br>They also served this crazy drink pisco sour which I stayed very far from to avoid any drunken feelings!!!!<br>I actually almoist did not drink the all evening!! The real honest reason being that I did not like much the champ and wine :) Plus too busy dancing !!!<br><br>For diner I had the ...

... drying bank account. And I will not be eating out so much for a long time. At least my roomate is a great cook!<br><br>I have enjoyed travelling and being abroad again. While I'm sure I'll feel nostalgic toward it when I get home, I miss home more than I expected. I anticipated that this trip would only fuel my desire to live abroad again and soon. But it's actually achieved the opposite effect. I realize ...

Viva la Peru! We made it to Lima at about 11:30PM. Took a cab from the airport to the hostel:<br><br>Backpacker's Family Hostel (Mira Flores neighborhood) <br><br>... and prayed that the hostel was still open. We knocked and was happily greeted and rushed to our modest looking room. Nothing else really to report since we hit the sack shorty after.

... dormit deloc de data asta. Am zburat Lima - Caracas, apoi Caracas - Paris si Paris - Bucuresti. In Lima, toti angajatii aeroportului cu mastile pe fata. Zici ca erai in filme SF. Zborul a durat 3 ore jumatate si am ajuns in Caracas la timp. Acolo, surpriza, desi Dragos alesese special acest zbor pentru ca era cu Boeing 747-400, ne-am trezit ca ne imbarca intr-un Airbus. Trebuia sa plecam de acolo la 16.20. Am plecat la 18.10, din cauza unui control antidrog ...

... t contain himself and was up by 5:30! The high, dry air was a challenge for us; more for me than him, and I began to feel my age-66 in July-ugh!! We told ourselves we should have done this sooner, but better later than never. Breakfast was sumptuous: chicken, eggs, oranges, apples, plums, rolls, toast, assorted juices and hot drinks. I especially loved the elderberry jam. After breakfast we looked out our window to ...

... of the biggest in the world apparently, but did seem to be strangely lacking in chinese people! My third (and last) day we went down to the beach, which is actually a bit dissapointing...they are stony and basically like the beaches in england! However, it is a good spot for surfing and you can go paragliding off the Miraflores´ cliffs, something i may try when i return to Lima in a few weeks time! Unfortunately due to ...

... up was cool, everyone insulting the Chilean crowd. They didn´t serve booze and when a fight kicked off with the police before the game we were glad. We were right in the corner, behind a giant beer bottle which they kindly deflated at kick off so we could see. The crowd were deflated too 2 minutes later when Chile scored. The game was then just Peruvians kicking the Chileans and missing but the Chileans rolling round on the floor in mock agony. After a couple of obvious penalties not ...