Hotel El Balcon Dorado Lima

... through the museum of the SPanish Inquisition very quickly - which reminds me, why do they say in Monty Python "nobody expects the spanish inquisition"?<br><br>Then on Friday night we decided to venture out to Barranco, an apparently popular neighbourhood to go out in. We went for dinner then out to a few bars, and ended up in Sergent Peppers, a pretty cool down-to-earth bar/club...we´re dancing away and it must have been about 3am, and then some guy was talking to Cat and a few of ...

... group dinner and after the night in that hotel and area i was so so grateful that i stayed in Barranco, i had a guenuine experience.. i was one of very few tourists in that area..just locals and it was great, i didnt mind people staring at me.. no one spoke english at all but thats ok i got by with the little i know. The restuarant we went to was filled with white people and the prices were 4 times as much as i have been paying. It about killed me to pay 10 bucks for just a ...

... were - the post bigger than a silver dollar. Then we walked over to the Square de Martin. That is where we were last night for dinner. It was very nice. WE also saw where the presidents lives. They too have the changing of the guard which last one hour every day. Seeing cops with hugs guns. I couldn&#8217;t get used to that. We then walked to the Franciscan Cathedral. Outside there were hundreds that looked like thousands of pigeons everywhere. There ...

... along those same cliffs before a v. nice meal at a resonably upscale restaurant. More bus adventures to get back to Lima Centro, but it´s all in hand now. Heading back to the hotel for a night´s kip. My bus leaves Lima at 3.30pm for a 7 hour trek to Huancayo, which means I should be getting in after midnight. Nice.<br>Ah well, it´s the first steps towards Cusco and the Inca Trail. Macchu Picchu here I come. <br>Rgds, Wadirunner.

... bed!!!<br>Un pequena discusion con mi amor y then his electronic devises left us alone again!!!<br>I slept until 7pm!!!!!!!<br><br>So of course!!! Running to shower and getting ready for the next meal at a place called Gaucha!!!<br>More Pisco sour got served, a bit of champagne to make a nice mix in my poor stomac and then we all went for an amazing diner<br>Table was getting bigger with almost 30 pax for diner and it was very ...

... being polite! It may be the fact we have been to so many vibrant and colorful places recently, or perhaps the constant grey smog, that meant we just did not bond with Lima. We stayed for two nights to say goodbye to people on the tour and celebrate a couple of birthdays but even this proved difficult as in order to get to the main bar area from the centre, where we were staying, we had to get a 40 minute cab there and back. I will say this for Lima, it ...

... In Lima laesst man sich naemlich hier fotografieren, auch wenn man woanders heiratet. Aber unser Brautpaar war irgendwie nicht da. Ging ja auch nicht, da sie im Aufzug feststeckten. Zu viert auf vier qm inkl. Brauteltern. Wenn das kein gutes Omen ist. Nun, befreit nach 30 min waren die beiden natuerlich das highlight dort. Also fuer die Maedels: das Brautkleid war klasse - wen interessiert schon der Anzug von M. ? :-) Hier ...

... we ate a sandwich, and watched a llama being born! Next we headed for the guardhouse. I doubted that I could reach it-it's the point from which 95 percent of all the photos of MP are taken-I call it the "money shot." But, with Bob's strong, steady arms, I did, and was it worth it! From there, we could survey the whole compound. We traded picture-taking with several tourists and felt like we were at the United Nations ...

... horrible little bite on his left arm...boo hoo. She is a beautiful little wild fairy and her mom is a great lady, we wish them both the best. Soon after we went to meet Paola, her friend Marco and little Killa, together we went to a Theater festival far in the outskirts of Lima. There were various acts and talents some cultural, realist and some ...

... of the ruins to completing an epic 12-hour day at Machupicchu, in which i managed to be the first one on top of famed Huaynupicchu (The Nose of the head that sits behind the ruins in most people's photographs of Machupicchu). We hiked all the ruins, some of which we had all to ourselves. It was a great day; one to be cherished to be sure. We visited Otayallantambo, a smaller, lesser-known ruin on the way back to Cusco and then spent a few days in Cusco catching up on ...