Tallanes Lima

... helemaal niet slecht, want ze heeft tot mijn grote ergenis ;-) de hele tijd van alle planten langs de kant van het pad gesnoept zodat we uberhaupt niet opschoten. Amelie besloot ook om af te stappen en zo hebben we samen onze weg vervolgd.

Inmiddels zit mijn eerste dagje in Lima er ook weer bijna op. Het is echt weer even lekker om in een grote stad te zijn na een maand op de eilanden. Lima bevalt me tot nu toe beter dan Quito. Alhoewel Quito eigenlijk wat mooier is voel ik me ...

... kann dich gerade mal ordentlich flachlegen, sprich du kriegst die Höhenkrankheit: hohes Fieber, Übelkeit, Durchfall, Husten etc.

Ralph und ich entschieden uns also für den Bus. Der Nachteil hier ist: die Fahrt dauert über 21 Stunden in einem Stück und über teilweise unpräparierte Strassen. Zudem gibt es etliche "Bus-Operators" die wieder einmal kaum vertrauenswürdig sind; und jene die es sind, kosten ein Schweine-Geld. Tja ...

... rooftop. Cool markets outside. Lots of neat jewelry. Trying not to buy anything until the end of our trip, since we have to carry everything in our backpacks the entire time. Tomorrow we have to get up at 3 am to go to the airport. Yuck!! Wish we could stay here longer. But Cusco should be awesome. Adios!

... c we checked the guest book, and other than UVa students there have been less than 20 American guests here in the last year.

On Friday, we drove a few hours to Pichinaki (All the cities in this trip get gradually smaller and further out into the foothills of the Andes on the other side.) From Pichinaki we went to the farm of one of Jorge's (UVa's Program Director/Philosophy dept. chair) friends Juan. Juan had an 800 acre farm full of different bananas, passion fruit ...

... the route for comedy stilt-men behind IPBs coffin...I couldn´t get my head around it.

Food: I like a fish, as you might be aware. I do like a fish. One of the popular dishes in Peru is ceviche, which is raw fish that is cured in lime juice and chilli. I was hungry this afternoon, as you would be after a carnival-cum-state-funeral. I found an absolute hole of a place to try some food. It looked awful. The walls looked like they hadn ...

... of a car. It was a 5-minute drive to the hostel, where Erick Paul met us. We were tired and wanted to go to bed, but he was a lovely guy who started to tell us all about the hostel and himself, his hobbies and the Inca symbols he had painted on the wall. We decided that was all part of the fun, and chatted with him before crashing into bed for a 3-hour sleep. We promised to send Erick a flag of Norway for his collection.

... with our group. He didn't realize they were there and when he turned his head he basically screamed and jumped out of his seat. It was hilarious. Then they did the same thing to another girl. Finally, the guy with the biggest mask got really close to me (when I wasn't looking and didn't realize it) and I screamed when I realized he was there. It was all very funny and entertaining - maybe you had to be there but take my word for it - it was funny. After dinner we returned to ...

Well all good things have to come to an end, I prefer to say its not the end but a new beginning as I have no clue as to what I am going to do when I get back home. We are now in Lima, we flew back in to Ecuador spend a night there and then spend another 27 hours of my life on public transport to reach Lima. 2 nights in Lima to chill out before the 35 hour flights home. Lima is a lot ...

... through what seemed like a desert wasteland. It was a total 180 from Lima. The dusty road stretching for miles through barren, sandy patches of land littered with makeshift tin houses from which hung flapping multicoloured bits of laundry, the only hint at any human occupation. Do people actually live there?? In the middle of nowhere? Aren't they in a constant state of thirst? Just looking at where they staked their claim made me want to guzzle a litre of water for ...

The days leading up to New Years were spent connecting with family members and going out in Lima. My cousin took me to Larcomar in Miraflores for the first time - it is a boardwalk type mall that overlooks the coast of Miraflores and the beach and is absolutely gorgeous. There are the best of the best stores and restaurants, a movie theater, and tons of things to entertain you. We met up ...