San Agustin Exclusive Hotel Lima

... took us to Mia Flores to see the ocean and a church that Jeff's dad worked in for a while. We went to a very nice shopping mall that was super modern. I had one of the best cups of coffee I've EVER had (yeah... I know... that's saying A TON) That is probably why it's midnight and I'm updating travelpod :)<br><br>One thing I've learned... take TP with you! Even in the modern nice places there may or may not be TP. The place we ...

... potatoes, and 10 kilos of veggies (conversion = 22 POUNDS of vegetables!!!). Something got a little lost in translation with the order for vegetables!! All this was done in a kitchen about the size of the one in the Davidson senior apartments (or maybe twice the size of mine in College Village or just imagine a not very large kitchen with a small stove with four burners and one oven!). Giuliana, one of the ladies who works in the association, and I began ...

... rafting, four wheelers, and awesome nature hikes); it's also close to the pisco capital of Peru which means that they drink gringos under the table. White water rafting and great, cheap drinks: how could a town get better!<br>-Flunked my first exam for a class at the university. In my defense, it was unknown to the gringos that it was open note/book and it was also completely in Spanish. I've never spent an hour and a half blanking ...

... at the bus station, followed by a 16 hour overnight bus ride to Arequipa - ouch!! Luckily for us buses in Peru can be pretty comfortable, with fully reclining wide seats a bit like a lazy boy, hostess service and meals included - we also had wifi on board the bus which was a bonus!<br><br>Sorry, but no photos for this entry due to our lack of sleep and generally appalling state! <br>

... monasteries and cathedrals and such, but there´s a place called San Francisco in Lima. The author of my guidebook, a Mr Ben Box (seriously), says its worth a visit - and you don´t argue with Mr Box. San Francisco is a famous monastery and there are catacombs below that you can be shown round. In the 1600s, the catacombs were used as the burial place for the Limenos and they were excavated in the middle of the last ...

... pride of the city, a spectacular grassy showcase for a series of water fountains. Some fountains are interactive, like one where young people clustered in the center of shooting spray that acted like a water jail. Others formed arches you could walk through, or included laser and music to the water's rythyms. One series of fountains even formed a sort of movie screen background, where photos and videos were interweaved with the water and lasers. Other than the ...

... The main cathedral was way too busy to attempt entry, hoards of people were pouring in and out and I didn´t want to bother. Despite the photo - I took the photo when I first got to the plaza in the morning and then kept wandering around. I should´ve beelined it for the church right then, before it got busy in the afternoon. Because if I thought this day was busy, wait til tomorrow! So I wandered up the street and ended up crossing the river to another ...

... egg and salad. Finally finishing up with fruit salad not to mention a bulging waistline!!! The rest of my time in Lima was spent `chilling`this meant watching TV at the hotel then wandering the streets and hanging out at an internet cafe. It felt a little wasteful but by this time I had hit a wall in terms of energy and enthusiasm for intensive sight-seeing! I`ve found that in order to be able to enjoy yourself you occasionally need to take a ...

... It landed up not helping...immediately I felt the vomit creep up and I knew right there and then that it was a point of no return. I rushed down the steps to the bottom level of the bus where the toilets were. Even though I almost made it, I did not make it in time. I threw on the floor just before the toilet and on the toilet seat. I felt terrible. The bus steward immediately came. He offered to help clean up, but I refused to allow ...