Lima airport experience not as bad as expected, hostel had arranged for taxi to pick us up, great! Family Backpackers hostel run by Pedro, very helpful and friendly guy with excellent English. Barn and I by far the oldest there, next oldest at 25 years!! Spent first day expolring Miraflores area of Lima, much nicer than expected, nice sunny day....
My first impression of Lima was one of overwhelming heat. I boarded the plane in the freezing cold after travelling from Berlin at the frosty hour of 5am wearing 3 jackets, jeans, boots, mittens, a scarf and the rest of my clothes. I alighted to a, now recognised as standard, hot, humid 25 degree Lima evening. Pulling off all these layers and ba...
The adventure continues .... Had a cracking wake up call at 250 am this morning to catch my flight to Lima!! No dramas here, made it to Lima on time so stop in for a quick chicken burger to ease the hunger while I waited for Alliīs flight to arrive!! Disaster struck here as Alli had the nightmare from hell getting to Lima airport!! She turned up...
Was only in Lima for two days so only saw a tiny bit of the city. To be honest I wasnīt that keen on the place. Too hard to get around. Had a really good night out before I left mind you, probably the best so far. Also, finally went to get physio on my knee. Apparently I would need a month of proper treatment. Like thats gonna happen. Just going...
Update 4: Picturesque Parasailing and the Case of the Missing Monies Location: Lima (Part 2) Date: Tue 28 Nov 06 We were quite excited to find out that there was going to be a bullfight on in Lima for one of the days we were going to be there. It was scheduled for Sunday arvo and we arrived early sunday morning on an overnight bus from Trujillo....
By Lynne, with commentary by Andy [Andy: We forgot to mention some time ago that our blog has enjoyed well over 1,000 visits. Thanks, y'all!] Greetings to all. We last left you en route to Santa Cruz (unless I have my islands mixed up, which is a definite possibility!) where we spent the afternoon at the Darwin Research Station. There is a large...
Lima became the capital of Peru after the Incas were eradicated by the Spaniards. It later became the most powerful city in South America during the 17th and 18th C. until an earthquake in 1746 destroyed all but 20 houses and killed 4000 people. It has taken many decades for Lima to build its city up to what it is today but crime is still a majo...
