I know i´ve been here a week already but i haven´t done anything worth mentioning really. I arrived here in Lima very early last Saturday morning. I checked into The Point hostel in the Barranco district, had a little nap and got myslef settled in. The Point is a pretty fun hostel with a tv room with cable, a bar with a pool table (with the crap...

We arrived into Lima at just gone midnight so checked ourselves into our last night in a hostel before we moved to the first hotel of our tour in the morning. We spent the first day in Lima doing our washing (mmmmh clean clothes) and relaxing in the hotel before we met the group in the evening. We were pleased to see that the group was very dive...

Our bus ride to Lima was magical in comparison to the one across Ecuador. They showed comedies rather than tragedies...and there was no winding andean decetns... we travelled along the coast. The best part of all is we had the best seats in the house... at the very front of the double decker bus... so we could see all the crazy actions of our bu...

Okay my first week and a half were spent between Lima and Y-Camp on the beach and the winter camp in azpitia... the y-camp is amazing its on the beach between the desert and the pacific ocean... you can see the huge sand dunes and the mountains (well theyre actually hills but look like mountains to me!) ill try to post photos soon - i took a ton...

We went back to Lima, but we only had a couple of days there. We walked around a little bit and saw some new sights. We went to this really cool fountain park, the highest fountain went 80 meters high. Then we ran into some problems. Jonny was withdrawing some money from an ATM and he left his card in the machine and walked away, the machine suc...

Lima (Miraflores), Peru - July 17th to 18th, 2007 Day 63 So after my last long bus ride in South America I arrived in Lima early morning. There is a strange kind of haze over the city during the Winter months. Once again I had not booked a hostel so I thought I'd try my luck with a hostel that had been recommended to me. I caught a taxi there dr...

On Tuesday, Laura and I did another hike. We decided to take a taxi to the lodge, which was about 45 minutes away from our hostal (also owned by the owners of the hostal). From there, we took a map and started hiking. We started at an elevation of approximately 3700m. We followed the directions and walked up and up and up, but never were able to...

Destination 1- it´s official! We have made it to Lima, Peru and are ending our second day of course work, wow. Arriving in Lima, it felt a bit like Mexico City- traffic, smog, people, fast taxi drivers, etc., etc. But when we hit the coast of the Pacific Ocean I knew we were experiencing something new and exciting! Our hostel is quite nice- we d...

The Vistadome 4hr train ride from Agua Calientes back to Cuzco rewarded us with more amazing views of jungle-like terrain and sights of snow-covered mountains in the not too far distance. Peru Rail also provided entertainment this time, probably because everyone else in our car was part of a tour group from a cruise and we managed to get 2 seats...

Checked into The Point in the neighbourhood of Barranco, situated next to Miraflores but a bit further away from the centre. The hostel was recommended by several people, but most of all by Jeff (travelpod: jeffsadventures), who worked here for 3 months. And apparently he left a mark, since they have named a room after him and his friends. Anywa...