NM Lima Hotel

... seagulls shat on my face...TWICE. Kind of ruined the magic! Then we left the hotel and went to Ica where we went sand boarding and sand buggying - absolutely incredible, certainly beats a Wednesday afternoon at work! We had lunch and a dip in the pool then headed off to a winery...result! Tasted lots of wine and Pisco then had a lovely long sleep in the van! <br><br>Arrived in Nasca, staying at the San ...

... sit in an area with windows open to the outside that can do the old tomes no good whatsoever.<br><br>Walking back through the main square, we happen across a wedding party arriving at the Cathedral. We decide to gate crash the ceremony and, despite obviously not being dressed for the occasion, we are not forcibly ejected. To our surprise the music is familiar: Here comes the Bride, as she glides, swan-like toward to poor chap in front of the altar who stares at her with ...

... vaccination card, incorrectly printed flight confirmation (from when he booked an outbound flight September 25th to return October 2nd) and passport into it. As per usual the passport was in a bad way and the entire front cover had rubbed off making it impossible to work out which way to open it. Ben had also managed to glue the photo page back into place the day before to avoid it falling it. This passport is only actually 2 years old and replaced the one which was ...

... who have welcomed me with huge open arms. they have a beautiful cozy house right in the heart of the city. all day today they drove me around Lima, played some music with their one of thier cousins, and ate at their Italian restaurant which was reall good. As far as Lima goes, its a buslting city although its winter here and ...

... we might find back at home.  I like them much better actually.<br>After dinner, we walked back to our hotel.  At least where we were in Lima, it really didn't seem that shady.  There were plenty of people outside, going about their business.<br>We got back to our hostel* and went to bed.<br><br>Tomorrow: Off to Cusco<br><br>*Posada del Parque calls itself a hostel, but really it's much, much nicer.  First off, it has a good location in the middle of the north side of the city ...

... selling jewelry. I bought these really pretty necklaces made from jungle seeds. I got two necklaces there. They are so pretty! I think I might give one away as a gift. After being at the lookout, we went to a restaurant and had Picarones. They were a fried dough pastry with sweet potatoes and some other type of fruit in them. They looked a little like doughnuts. They had honey on them, too. I ate 1 ½ of them but wasn't really a huge fan ...

... br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>We ended our day with lunch at El Meson de Don Tomas restaurant. Bob finally tried guinea pig, shared some with me and we chalked it up to experience. If you want to know what it tastes like-well-it tastes like guinea pig! <br> <br><br><br>Not on our repeat list, but, hey, we tried it! Percy's wife and younger daughter joined us and it was great to meet his family. Then it was ...

... destination so we couldn´t even follow them. I had asked Julio where we needed to go, at which time he proceeded to get somewhat irate before motioning with one hand towards the border which was 3km away before making a B-line in the direction of what appeared to be a tavern. <br>That was the last time we saw Julio or the bus. <br><br> <br>So we got a cab to the border and just as the books said, we made it across ...

... to be a place for thieves so we had to be extra vigilant and in the evenings it was a very intimidating place to be. We spent our time there visiting nearby sand dunes where we had great fun bombing around in a dune buggy and sand boarding. One day we went on a trip to the nearby Peninsular Paracas to see lots of sea birds and sea lions. This place is where they still collect guano and the ...

... lined, on both sides, with pizza restaurants), bought bananas from the fruit stalls in the streets, tucked into traditional Peruvian fried chicken and chips in a restaurant on the cliff while watching the sun sink into the sea, picked our presents to take home from the large Indian Craft Market and enjoyed the occasional, enormous icecream. One afternoon we walked to Huaca Pucllana, also situated in Miraflores, to admire our last Peruvian ruin. This one was build by ...