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Calle 31, San Isidro ( # 195, Urb Corpac) Lima, Peru
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Cruz del Sur: The Pleasure of Travelling By Bus
... the situation, a lack of visibility at night and during cloud cover, and a vivid imagination filled with the most tragic kind of death scenarios possible. Needless to say as night fell and I could no longer see ANYTHING out of the bus window but the lights of the semis zooming closely by, my fears began to get the best of me. To make matters worse there was an electronic speed-o-meter installed directly in front of our seats that turned red and ...
Livin´ la Vida Lima!
... I almost relented and went with a taxi when suddenly a combi grande (known locally as "micros") pulled up to the curb. I was delighted to find this was an "S" micro, the route I needed. Micros have bus type seating and so there was plenty of room for my bags under my feet. Just goes to show you, good things come to those who wait on the side of the road.
What followed was what can only be described as a game of crazy taxi. Constant acceleration to 50 ...
The Devils bits...
... to the first leg of the Copa Sudamerica 1/4 final between Universatario from Lima and Vasco from Brazil (who are top of their domestic league)...this was the equivalent of the Europa League and the match was played in the National Stadium...good game with Universatario winning 2-0...Vasco were technically very good but the Lima side kicked seven colours of sh*t out of them...it was like a Meath team in their prime...!!
Lima...great place...highly recommend!!
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Aankomst in Lima
... taxirit is vervolgens niet stoer maar ruig! Eerst moet je het niet eens zijn met wat je moet betalen Ze proberen je toch af te zetten, en vervolgens moet je zorgen dat je een gordel om hebt. Als gekken gaan ze hier over straat om vervolgens wel netjes voor de deur uit de auto gelaten te worden.
Het hostal ziet er prima uit, de gedeelde badkamer blijkt privé en het wifi gaat als een speer. Tijd om een paar foto's ...
Jens kommt angeflogen
... gibt man sich beim Friedensgruss nicht nur die Hand, sondern umarmt sich herzlich und gibt Kuesschen. Der Pfarrer erwaehnte uns waehrend des Gottesdienst fuenf mal, was zu Applaus von der Gemeinde fuehrte. Das war uns schon unangenehm, doch es wurde noch besser. Gegen Ende des Gottesdienstes wurden wir ploetzlich zum Altar gebeten und sollten ein paar Worte an die Gemeinde richten - wohlgemerkt auf spanisch! So spontan war das gar nicht so leicht.
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