Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Lima-Miraflores

... gotten there just before us, and found our driver to our hostel.<br><br>Once we´d checked in, we headed for the supermarket across the road for a beer and some water and then just got settled.<br><br>Tuesday we had a walk around the Miraflores district where we are staying and then drank more beer on the sun-kissed roof terrace interlaced with table-tennis and table-football. It´s a hard life alright ...

... and greet it was a quick dash through security and then off to get some last minute pieces from the duty free shops and then on for a quick pint prior to the flight (it may have been 7:30 am but some things are essential).<br><br>The first of the flights was Heathrow to Houston, we arrived there at around 1pm, I had forgotten my sunglasses so it was time to hunt a pair out... Now this was a bit of an adventure, I found a small stall ...

... Limo chillies and onions and then mix again. Serve the Cerviche with sweet potatoes and boiled corn on cob. <br><br>Pisco Sour<br><br>- 3oz pisco (Quebranta or Blend)<br><br>- 1oz sugar syrup or 2 tablespoons of sugar<br><br>- 1oz lime juice<br><br>- ½ egg whites<br><br>- ice cubes<br><br>blend for 30 secs in blender or cocktail shaker until ice is blended. Serve in a cocktail glass and garnish with 2 drops of bitters (will find out which one)<br><br>Salut<br><br>

... the whole time and took an extra half an hour to get us back to Cuzco. Quite the day! The next day we were up bright and early again! (to my dismay, but it had to be done) We caught the "Inka express" bus from Cuzco to Puno. It was eight hours with 5 tourist stops, including one at a buffet restaurant. I slept through all the tourist stuff, but managed to drag myself off the bus for a few hesitant bites of food. It was very worth the little bit extra we paid ...

... the walls and there is a hokey reproduction of the rite of destroying a grain jar to appease the gods. <br><br>Tonight we attended a Peruvian Dance Show. They had representative dancers from several of the major cultures of Peru. The styles are very diverse and the dancers incorporate the audience in several of the dances. I may be prejudiced since I was selected to go up on the stage to perform with the tango group. I am a ham! :) Worth the money.<br><br>

... in true style. <br><br>The next day was our final one in Cuzco, which having spent 5 nights was becoming a comfortable home to us. In our delicate states we had Salsa Lessons (our teacher was yet another friend of Manuel´s) which was a great experience. We were supposed to go out and practise our moves that night but funnily enough noone was really up for this...<br><br>It was a flight to Lima the next day for a traditional Peruvian buffet (Strange fishy ...

If you want to see the pics in high res 8 meg pixel go to the end and click on the links there are over 5,500 of them, Enjoy the flowers as they make great screensavers, <br>Thank You <br>Robert &amp; Margaret <br><br><br>PLANES TRAINS AUTOMOBILES MOTORCYCLES BUSES AND BOATS <br>Our 15-day Peruvian Adventure <br> Tuesday, April 21, 2009 <br>At 10 AM we left Englewood for Miami. We were both over the top with ...

... take all of them and the Peruvian students to lunch.  Lunch was on campus but they got to try some new dishes - a drink made from black corn seasoned with cinnamon), an onion salad with lime juice, and compote, a dessert made with peach soaked in syrup.  It was all pretty good but I think they enjoyed the company of the Peruvians students the most.  They now have people to take them out when we come back to Lima next week.

... to Pisco and went out for a few pepsis as two of our group were heading home the next day! So we went to this little cluba nd overtook the place! was hilarious, me and a couple of other were having a right of dance... making up some quality routines to some classic songs!!! Then the time had come to head to Lima the final destination for the tour and my final destination for this trip!!! our bus company was o strike so we literally jumped on ...