Regency Lima

... a video game:

it would be something like "paperboy" for nintendo, naturally. you would have tasks like avoiding cars and potholes. when a dog appeared you would have to perform one of the prescribed methods (bonus points for shots landed, and for the use of spanish cusses instead of english). every 10 gringo shouts you'd have to appease the peruvians with a wave or some other acknowledgment. when health runs low you locate a restaurant but inquire about price before eating (we ...

... Hotel which is beautiful, so peaceful, got woken up by the sound of birds which is a novelty, makes a nice change from Helen´s grunting!!

We are doing brilliantly with the Spanish....honestly....ok we´re not, mainly because I keep wholeheartedly launching into French and am quite hurt when they don´t understand me....then I realise the error of my ways and resort to pointing at the menu and saying Si a lot!

... this trip (I have been to one of his restaurants in Arequipa). He also has a little coffee shop/dessertery – so I decided that would have to do. What I got seemed to be sort of a mix between tres leches cake and tiramisu – again, to die for! It’s a good thing I had to walk between 30 minutes and an hour to get to each of these eating establishments because man did I eat a lot and eat well.

By the time I got home, my friend had gotten ...

... has extensive catacombs where thousands of people were laid to rest. Apparently, some time ago, everyone who died in Lima was buried in the catacombs of one of the many churches in the city. The poor were unceremoniously chucked into a well beneath the church, whilst the better off were laid one on top of the other in one of the numerous vaults. No one is quite sure how many dead are in the Catacombs but our guide claims (a conservative) 25,000 dead. The bones have been ...

... die nederlanders zijn altijd goed vertegenwoordigd. Na het ontbijt een taxi genomen naar Lima centrum eom daar een kijkje te nemen. Mij laten afzetten op Plaza de Armas (ook wel Plaza Mayor geheten) waar een aantal bezienswaardigheden schijnen te zijn. Een prachtig plein waar om heen een aantal prachtige gebouwen liggen. Dit soort pleinen heb ik ook al in Cuba gezien en schijn je in veel Zuid Amerikaanse ...

... now to more interesting stuff for everyone else's benefit.

Last night Allison, Brandon (Allison's housemate from Texas), Rachel (from Marshall U. in WV, but in my program) and I went to La Parque de la Reserva, which has a "magic fountain circuit." Basically, it's this big park with a lot of different water fountains, including allegedly the tallest on in the world at approx. 80m, and then another that is timed with various songs ...

Our flight to Lima was pretty uneventful, we met a friend who had also made the same Olympic run across the airport as we did. I also taught Laura and Ian how to make airplane sangria (order wine, sprite and orange juice... Mix and enjoy. We made it to Lima right on time (8:55pm) which didn't matter the least bit because the first flight out to Cusco wasn't until 5:40 am.. Lucky us. It was also too early for use to check ...

Le matin, je m'occupe des billets pour Huaraz. Je retrouve Lucie vers 14h30 puis nous partons voir "Anges et Démons" au ciné, c'est divertissant. Nous attendons le bus en discutant avec Yarden, un israélien très sympa rencontre la veille. Le bus part a 22h30, nuit plutôt agréable pour un bus.

... to leave the group. 5 Have already gone and one of them is already at home in Switzaland. We have 2 weeks left and we are off to Equador by bus. I never like to say good bye, it brings an end to things and I have a feeling that we will saty good friends with a lot of these people. Some I will never see again but most I hope I will. So it´s see ya would not want to be ya, and off we go on our own with our backpacks on and bus tickets in hand.

We checked out of the hostel, leaving our backpacks in the luggage storage to be collected later at night. We then walked over to South American Explorers with our huge suitcases in tow. SAE is an organization that has a lot of resources for the person travelling through or staying long-term in South America. They have clubhouses in Cusco, Lima, Quito, and Buenos Aires ...