Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Lima-Miraflores

... of the palace as there was an armed police cordon. Funny, I thought, to have so many just for the changing of the guard. Then I heard a lot of clapping from the steps of another building and took a wander over to see what was happening. There I found a crowd of about 100 protesters, none of them under 40, sitting on the steps with tape over their mouths. As I was taking photographs, the armed police came across and began 'asking' protesters to move from the ...

... en ook de plaatselijke mall (Larcomar) zou niet mistaan in elke Europese stad. Volop winkels, restaurants en allerlei leuke tentjes met uitzicht op de Pacific Ocean (prachtig). Er vliegen ook allerlei hanggliders voorbij die de meest gekke capriolen maken. Kortom, de verwachte cultuurshock blijft nog even uit.

17-09; tijdens het ontbijt zitten kom ik alweer een aantal ...

... thank goodness. Whatever it was that triggered the alert couldn't be found in my bag, so they let me go. I kept thinking I was going to be the star of a new TV show, "Locked Up at Home!"
So, here we sit now in our first class seats (Thanks, Michael. Amy, Arthur & Kate!) wondering what lies ahead of us and knowing this will be the trip of lifetime! - Back after I finish my lunch! 
It's about 2 hours into our flight to Miami and we are approaching the ...

... jokes, we made some of the others in the group laugh, we also received a few death stares from the serious couple in the group. Oops.
Anyway that night we were ready to drink and catch up, so that we did, downing nearly a full bottle of wine each, finding ourselves some street burgers and dulce de leche filled churros (so so so good!), and accidentely being herded by the guy on the front desk ...

1st July 2009

For those that were interested, it was an early start at 7.20am to visit
the Ballestas Islands, to see sea lion colonies, penguins and a
variety of other birds. Daniel and a few others went on the tour
whilst the rest of us made the most of our lie in, although Zoe and
Phil were still feeling rough after last night.

Once those on the early morning tour returned at 10.30am, we took a mini
bus to ...

... are just more graceful and don't make a mess with their food! Hee hee. 2. Today we went down to the Pacific Ocean and saw the coast. When we were there we saw a door that was only held up by half a wall (it was like from the waist down). The door was just for decoration but it was SO cool! I have a picture of it and I'll be sure to upload it. Anyway, it was kind of quirky and cool. 3. Bargaining is really common here. I'm getting better at ...

... dort blieb ich bis früh und hatte bis ich zu hause ankam ganz v**gessen, dass ich noch um 8 uhr zum frühstück v**abredet war/bin. und es war auch schon zu spät (4 uhr morgens) um abzusagen. also ging ich hin. den restlichen tag vom sonntag v**brachte im am strand und damit das aufregende wochenende zu v**arbeiten. meine grössten fehl** bish** waren 2 wochen spanischkurs in ein** schule die mich so gut wie gar nicht voranbrachte und trotzdem 220 euro zahlen ...

Hola! So, dear readers, I´m happy to report that my 24 hour flight extravagansa went relatively without a hitch. After getting up at 4.30 (after 4 hours sleep) and then dragging myself to Gatwick, I finally got on my plane. (It all almost went horrbily wrong as the cretinous check-in person forgot to put the 'ín-transit' sticker on my bag meaning it would have been sitting in Atlanta waiting for ...

At last! I finally arrived at the clubhouse, late in the afternoon. Since it was a holiday (New Year's Day), I was afraid that nobody would be at the clubhouse to let me in, but after ringing the bell, I was let in. The SAE clubhouse in Lima (actually, Miraflores) is beautiful and the price is right! And my room was beautiful also. But the best thing is, after a few nights on a REAL bed, my sciatica ...