Sofitel Lima
Av Camino Real 1050, San isidro Lima, 27, Peru
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Can you say CULTURE SHOCK!
... needed to do and if our host families had left because it was so late.
Once those automatic doors opened up to let us in the terminal we were overwhelmed by the amount of people waiting to pick up others. There were so many signs and one by one my classmates were leaving me to go with there own families. I was panicking because I didn't see my name on any sign or my professor and all of my classmates were heading out with their new ...
LOLA...
Back to Lima for a night…we met up with Finbar and Garreth in the Loki for a night out! We watched the 2nd leg of the Universatario v Vasco (having been at the game the previous week)…Uni were 2-0 up from first game but Vasco were top of the Brazilian league and they had rested a number of their top players in the ...
10,31 Urban Hiking
today We have to leave paradise, aka couch surfing house. Spent half the day deciding whAt to do next.decisions were not made until after spaghetti avacado subs were eaten. Let's hike to center of Lima and find a hostel. Cirque hostel, circus themed with good reviews and cheap (37 soles para dos) How about we trek 5 miles up the sandy coast with our forty pound packs and trekking poles pretending like yes we too are surfers, ...
Back to the City Again
... of mind such as for the ride out to Miraflores today.
Lima's population of 7 to 8 million is shoved into a dense arid strip between the mountains and the Pacific and much of the city is dangerous, especially just beyond the downtown area. Many people come down from the Andes hoping to hit the jackpot for jobs that just don't exist and the slums expand. Some unfortunately resort to theft and crime to make up the hole in ...
More Perspective in Lima
... was dressed in black leggings, black leather jacket, and black boots. She was incredibly curt and dismissive at first, to the point of being blatantly rude. Later, however, she seemed to remember her manners or perhaps remember that she was in the service business. I actually think that she suddently decided we might be potential art patrons, not just hotel guests. That seemed to warm her up considerably. She became a veritable Welcome Wagon, and offered ...



