Hostal L' Baron Lima

... for anyone!!!! The corn here is huge... a bit of a homony taste/feel. We had 2 tickets for free juice so we went and had that. Juices are big here. I had fresh papaya and Jeff had pineapple. I could get used to that for sure. For supper we ate here in the hotel and had incredible food; Ceviche, Aji de gallina, Lomo saltado. From my first day here I can finally say with everyone else... Peruvian food is AWESOME!!!!!

... as if we had cheated ever so slightly....

We then thought it was time to leave our ´Flying Dog Hostel´in the Miraflores to stay in the more Bohemian district of Lima called Barranco for a couple of days. Since Duncan´s DVT, thankfully, turned out to be nothing more than some muscle pain we managed to do lots more exploring around Lima and felt like proper backpackers once again walking around Barranco trying to find a nice hostel ...

... wollte, genau wie ich, möglichst schnell aus Lima raus und in einer gemütlicheren Stadt ein bisschen Spanisch lernen. Ich überzeugte ihn, mit mir nach Cusco zu kommen.

Wie nach Cusco?

Es gibt 2 Möglichkeiten nach Cusco zu kommen: per Flugzeug oder per Bus. Ein Flug ist zwar billig aber hat einen grossen Nachteil; du steigst in Lima auf Meereshöhe in die Maschine und landest in Cusco auf 3400m.ü.M. Dieser H ...

we got to our hostal about half twelve friday night after 30 hrs of travelling. We skipped on joiing the other back packer on a night out and went bed but boy did we party the next night, we got up dead early and walked the coast of lima for 3 hrs where i got sunburnt it was so over cast didnt know i was buring, then we got in a good old trust bottle of smirnoff , we met up with some americans from hostal and went to a water fountain display late at ...

In Lima angekommen entschlossen wir uns auf die 28-stuendige Busfahrt noch "einen draufzulegen" und trafen uns noch am selben Abend mit Carla, um das Nachtleben von Lima zu **kunden. Zu**st schlend**ten wir drei die Strandpromenade entlang und **zaehlten Carla uns**e Erlebnisse d** letzten 3 Wochen. Anschliessend besuchten wir noch einige Bars und tranken das eine od** andr**e Getraenk, bevor wir um 6:00 Uhr morgens schliesslich voellig ...

... for a hasty retreat back to the United States of Miraflores!

To get a bit of extra Spanish practice in I went to see Transformers 2 at the cinema, in English with Spanish subtitles. Well that´s the excuse I use anyway! 3 days here and a couple of cracking nights out with fellow travellers and a few locals (who were blatantly after the Western women in our group!) and it was time to go again.

... and the Hostel.

The Saturday morning was the day of the FA Cup final and we got up at 9 to watch it. Disappointing outcome in the end as you all know!

In truth Lima wasn´t a great city as you would expect and especially in the centre it felt a bit unsafe when it got dark. Its not a place I would particularly want to go back to, and we have got the same vibe from other travels that have visited LIma, but it started our travels off in South America.

... ago. after enjoying a local beer, we jumped back on the plane. A couple of hours later we land in Lima, Peru. This is one of the largest citys in South America. The journey to our hotel was full of gas fumes, poverty, and humanity. a highlight of the trip was the taxi fare. There are professional looking taxi drivers dressed in suits charging $50 for a ride to our hotel. I thought this was steep, so we went outside the airport to get ...

... one of my favourites for lunch, tallarines verdes. Our flight leaves Lima for Trujillo at 8:35 pm , and we are told to be at the airport two hours ahead (ludicrous), so I arrange with a local taxi driver to pick me up at 7:15. It arrives right on time, and I'm at the LAN counter at 7:35 . Suzanne joins me minutes later, and we check in for the 45 ...

... a job in Greentree that he'll be departing for shortly. then, i say "Really?" and he gets ******, he snaps, and he says Yes! Really! i don;t lie, I'm rich, i know the manager and he said i could go when i wanted, cause i'm rich. You can come work with me, ONLY he's yelling this the whole time right, well all the people around me in the Cafe fled for their lives, and i was there alone with our buddy Albert ...