Hotel Park Suites Lima
Medrano Silva 396 (Final de la Via Expresa), Barranco Lima, Lima 4, Peru
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Lima Light Show!!!
Well we made it to Lima with absolutely no problems!!! Someone was there to pick us up and take us right to our hotel! And it turns out the hotel I booked us into is right in the heart of Miraflores (the nice part of Lima) and is surrounded by… yes you guessed it MARKETS!!! Yayyyyy!!! Shopping everywhere! Although since I shopped in Bolivia I am finding it hard to buy anything anywhere else because it had been so cheap before!!! We got in and ...
Islas Palomino, the highlight
... islands we encounter the full Pacific swell. This is what makes Peru so famous in the surfing world. It causes a rocking motion that sends some of our voyagers to sleep. Angie also succumbs, to everyone’s relief.
We can see the Palomino Islands on the horizon. As we approach we start seeing black spots in the ocean. Our guide points out that they are sea lions. We pass by a herd of black waving heads looking at us curiously. They ...
Delicious meal & European feel
... was super friendly. Quickly we realized that we should thank God (and me) that I speak spanish (decently) and I could communicate. I am now the official translator for the trip although Luke gets by impressively using his basic high school Spanish and making up words by adding Spanish accents to english words. I have caught him laughing and joking with locals that don't speak any English - it's incredible! As we walked into our first hostel, it felt ...
Lima
... gezegd wordt over Lima, vonden we het wel leuk. Omdat het zondag was, bruiste de stad. Nauwelijks toeristen te zien, en de lokale bevolking liep vrolijk door de straten. Overal muziek en lekker eten.We aten in een lekker restaurantje (El Fayke Piurano), aangeraden door Jean-Paul, en namen een busje naar Cerro San Cristobal, een groot kruis dat bovenop een berg aan de overkant van de Lima staat. Op de terugweg naar de hostal, stapten we ...
In deepest, darkest Peru...
... tried to ask for more money than originally agreed despite not actually taking us to the right place, we were left with just the name of a hostel, no address, to find our way through Lima. Getting various conflicting responses when we asked for directions we hedged our bets and walked up the road. Luckily we stumbled upon it after about 100m and could relax safe in the knowledge we would not have to sleep on the streets that night! To recover from our trauma we indulged in a ...



