San Agustin Riviera Lima

... to today had a communal TP holder so you get your TP and stand in line for the bathroom. When in Rome...... so here i stand in line with my TP and I'm thinking... how am I going to get a pic of this. So I hold my camera by my side and snap the shot... of course I didn't get anything. <br><br>We went to a grocery store called Wong. Incredibly nice store! So much variety of different things. I was like a kid in a candy store ...

... prep work Tuesday afternoon &#8211; I had no idea how long it would take. Did I tell you we had 10 KILOS of vegetables &#8211; and, yes, the beans had to be chopped and the carrots had to be peeled and chopped. Many hours later, we were done &#8211; I even had a battle wound from all the peeling and chopping &#8211; a nice little blister, which, by the way, traveled with me over to Europe since it still has not healed!<br><br>On Wednesday morning, I got up ...

... that. It can be hard enough talking about Madame Bovary in English let alone challenging yourself to only use sentences like "I liked the book. The book was about an unfaithful woman. The book was complicated. etc. etc."<br><br><br>Will update more before the weekends out.<br><br><br>-not having a computer sucks, but is surprisingly easier to deal with in Peru than it would be in the States (here, people just call each other....weird!)

Hi Folks<br><br>Sorry for the delay in keeping you all up to date, there wasnt a reception at Kusi, however, here we are.... you missed us didnt you??? heh heh<br><br>Its been a journey of the most extremes, from the most beautiful country where we travelled up to 14,000 feet into the Andes in a luxury bus, where we saw the most abject poverty that words dont do justice. The shanty towns in one area to the most extravagent in another. There seems to be less of a ...

... sollten, da es am naechsten morgen weit** nach Santiago de Chile ging.<br>Zum Schluss moechten ich und Alexand** uns noch einmal bei den Carla und ihr** Familie fu** die Gastfreundlichkeit bedanken: <br><br>Thank you Carla for ev**ything! You w**e a great guide and once again we really enjoyed our time in Lima. Also thanks to your sist**, your moth** and fath**, if anyone of you once comes to Austria, don' t hesitate to contact us!!!<br>

... However, they (whoever ´they´are) decided to put the bones on display... so when you go visit the catacombs (which are plenty impressive enough on their own), you are shown dozens of pits, about 5m deep, that are full of human bones. Identifiably human. Skull, femur, tibia, pelvic thingies... why on earth are these on display? Interesting in a ghoulish sort of way but I´d rather not see so many of them in a ...

... police," who blew whistles at anyone careless enough to step on the manicured grass, this park offered a very relaxing respite to what had been a very hectic travel day, with the flight back to the U.S. still to come. For an admission price of about $1.33, it also offered a tremendous travel bargain and was well worth the time spent there. Following the park we headed to Miraflores, where we had dinner at Mango's Restaurant, located in a shopping mall as ...

... At the end of the street sat the oldest, saddest looking church, it was literally falling apart, but was open for service and a steady stream of people came with their S/.50 (1/2 a sol) to buy a little prayer candle. I was more interested in the architecture... but I did spot St. Francis so I needed a pic of him. I found a great place for lunch... Briefly visited the Inglesia de Santa Domingo, the Presidential Palace and the Archbishop Palace. Sadly, they were ...

... off and just blob no matter where in the world you are!! Lima was also the place where we said a sad farewell to a number of our (by this stage) closely knit group. Sarah and Steve joining an intrepid tour for the rest of their time, while Jill and Ken were on a longer Geckos tour that went all the way through to Brazil and whose route deviated from our own. Our depleted numbers were bolstered through the addition of Natalie and another Patricia ...

... to help me clean up my own mess. I asked for tissues and paper to pick my own puke off from the floor. I was embarrassed but relieved at the same time. After cleaning up, I got back to my seat, feeling better. I then just wanted to sleep. Fortunately my stomach didn&#8217;t misbehave for the rest of the trip &#8211; most probably because I had thrown up the whole of my dinner. <br><br>Eventually the bus arrived in good old Lima by the ...