Jose Antonio Lima

I don't have too much new stuff to tell.. I'm going to Trujillo this weekend with our Peruvian friends Raul, Thirza, Lucho and Chris, where we should find the final days of a month-long festival of spring. I'm also hopefully going to a Gastronomic festival tomorrow, which is very exciting, because the food here is great.

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... kritisiert. Heute jedoch liebt der Großteil der Bevölkerung Limas diesen Park, da es einen öffentlichen Raum bietet, in dem sich alle sozialen Klassen treffen können, um gemeinsam den Park zu genießen. Und endlich hat Betânia nach zwei Monaten ihr Kamerastativ benutzen können, um die bunt beleuchteten Springbrunnen und Fontänen fotografisch festhalten zu können. Wunderschön! Und Edgar hat nach zwei Monaten Reise bei Waldemar endlich wieder ein deutsches Bier genießen können!

... anything that was washed in it and not cooked.  I had to get a little creative, but I ended up getting some pasta, which was not very Peruvian (although the sauce was).  They also put this yellow sauce out on the table.  I tried some of Jens fries in it and it was bad.  It almost tasted like a bitter curry.  The fries were good though.  Peru has something like 2000 species of potatoes and it was obvious from eating the fries that these were not made of the same kind of ...

I´m riding the Pan-American Highway for thousands of miles northward. The first leg, Santiago to Lima took around 50 hours. No sleeper buses were available, so I chance it and take a traditional. Big mistake. The bus was crowded, and I was very surprised at the number of kids that were aboard. One very young Peruvian mother (maybe 15) decides to abandon her seat at the front of the bus to sit directly behind me closer to the back. This ...

... The main cathedral was way too busy to attempt entry, hoards of people were pouring in and out and I didn´t want to bother. Despite the photo - I took the photo when I first got to the plaza in the morning and then kept wandering around. I should´ve beelined it for the church right then, before it got busy in the afternoon. Because if I thought this day was busy, wait til tomorrow! So I wandered up the street and ended up crossing the river to another ...

... off and just blob no matter where in the world you are!! Lima was also the place where we said a sad farewell to a number of our (by this stage) closely knit group. Sarah and Steve joining an intrepid tour for the rest of their time, while Jill and Ken were on a longer Geckos tour that went all the way through to Brazil and whose route deviated from our own. Our depleted numbers were bolstered through the addition of Natalie and another Patricia ...

... just gave the driver what was left. Checking in for my 12:40 am flight to Houston was easy but took forever...

After paying the US $30.25 international departure tax (yes, you read that correctly!), I discovered that 1-céntimo coins do exist, although I can't imagine why, seeing as they are worth less than 1/3 of a US cent...

JESS: I was determined to see Marley y Yo but the first show didn't start until later in the afternoon. With time to kill we decide to go shopping! We went back to the Indian/Inca Markets in Miraflores where Nils found a nice scarf and we each got (DON'T LAUGH) fanny packs made with Peruvian fabrics. We had ...

... in strange patterns. For a moment I felt claustrophobic and started to feel a bit nervous that I was under a church surrounded by bones after remembering that just a month previously, Peru had experienced a major devastating earthquake and that I wouldn’t want to be in the catacombs if another had happened at that time! Fortunately, there was no earthquake and the tour ended soon after. I started to chat to the American and his friend. John ...