Los Conquistadores Lima

... ja er gaan altijd een hoop verhalen de ronde, dus Amelie en ik hebben het er toch maar op gewaagd. Moni is gaan lopen. Na 1 km kwamen we tot de conclusie dat dat toch ook echt beter was. Er was zoveel modder en er waren diepe gaten in de weg, waardoor mijn paard de hele tijd struikelde en zoveel moeite had weer omhoog te komen en steeds de beelden door mijn hoofd spookten van die vrouw met haar gebroken armen, dat ik afgestapt ben en verder ben gelopen met het paard aan de hand. Dat vond ...

... 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 ...

... the other day. Not nearly as poor. Ate at a restaurant built in the cliff on the ocean called Vista al Mar. Had amazing ceviche and other seafood. It´s more expensive here than where we were previously, but still cheaper than the states. Had gelato and a giant brownie for dessert. Now having beers on ...

... very powerful. In Tarma we visited a nice church, then for lunch (at 6PM) had our first interaction with new food, Cuy (aka, Guinea Pig--see pic). It was actually pretty good, but from what I've heard it can be prepared in a much better way. That night we stayed at a beautiful Hacienda in Tarma, and got to enjoy Cristal (a famous Peruvian beer that reminds me of a more flavorful Bud Light) in a great room in front of a warm fireplace (see pic). This hotel was especially neat ...

... around and watched for a bit - I suppose I was feeling a little detatched given I didn´t even know who it was. IPB was clearly much loved but there were also lots of people cheering and applauding, a couple of bands were playing (not funeral march stuff, but quite cheery Andean folk music), there were people on stilts (honest) and huge carnival parade dolls in the procession... Seriously, I have pictures of full dress military guards ...

... for phonecards, and NOT credit cards. It was stick! Thankfully, the flight attendant was able to use a clip to pull it out, and then there there was just enough time to use my quarters to deliver the message before boarding! Thank God!

We arrived in Lima at 00.30, and a young girl was there to meet us. We had to wait for the pick-up, but in the end a man from the youth hostel, Pay Purix picked us up in a ...

... Aid but less sweet). Chicha de maiz morado is made from water and purple corn. The people who make it take the corn and boil it in water to make the drink. It's fairly good. After dinner the restaurant had a dinner show. There was a band and there were about 8 different types of dances that were shown. It was a wonderful show - very entertaining. I took some videos with my camera. At the end these dancers with scary masks came out and they stood really close to a boy that ...

... donders veel tijd. Ik kan mezelf echt wel voor mijn kop slaan dat ik die tas daar heb neer gelegd, dat ik mijn moneybelt niet om heb gedaan, dat ik de foto´s niet heb gebackupt... AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!! Nou ja, niets meer aan te doen!! Gelukkig heeft Rinske ook nog wat foto´s gemaakt, dat scheelt nog iets. Nou ja, maar snel vergeten en verder gaan met genieten. Al ben ik bang dat ik de komende dagen nog wel sjacherijnig zal zijn!!

"I don't think this is an official taxi." Tammy murmured as we clunked and clanked down the freeway towards our hostel this evening with the fear of breaking down in the middle of rushhour traffic a very real fact. "No, it definitely isn't." I agreed, pushing down the door lock and leaning around the passenger seat to see that instead of a radio, there was a gaping hole where a radio could have been...once. And instead of a speedometer, the serene face of Jesus smiled ...

... activity around the island, you were reading a book in a hammock or just sharing interesting conversations with some of the travellers in the hotel's terrace. All these together with the hotel's superb Andean-nouveau cuisine makes of this trip an experience beyond travel. Suasi Island is a refugee for ...