El Pueblo Resort And Convention Center Thunderbird Lima

... safe, official airport taxi, I´d asked the hostal to send one as it was cheaper. So what I got into probably fell more into the category of yellow biscuit tin. Anyways, my driver is a pro, managing to navigate Lima´s dark back streets whilst singing his heart out to Freddie Mercury. He hurtles along, darting in and out of the ex US style school buses(which are v.cool), and like everyone else seems to feel that road markings are ...

... in Spanish that you can only jump in when its a red light... the same taxi was not deterred bu the baton weilding policeman and had stopped a few metres down... we agreed a price quickly, threw ourselves into the taxi as the lights turned green and got on the bus for trujillo! (which is where I found out my tummy wasnt good... really bad tummy pains all night, barely slept a wink... nice!)

... look forward to seeing them again when I get back.<br><br>Tonight I have a photoshoot with Maria Ysabel (one of my closest friends as well as fellow CS ambassador (volunteer) ) and some other international CS members. What happened is Ma.Ysabel and I were interviewed about Couchsurfing for Somos, a popular weekly magazine released by the newspaper El Comercio. And now we're doing the photoshoot. Should be fun, and I look forward to reading the ...

... when its sunny with quite a few parks and a waterfront promenade where you can watch people paragliding and surfing...<br><br>Lima downtown is surprisingly pretty too with lots of old buildings, squares and churches but its supposed to be a bit dodgy and dangerous at times.. They also have a big park just full of fountains near the city centre where they have cheesy laser/music/water shows at night and you can walk through fountains ...

... In Arica I saw T-shirts that said "No solo soy perfecto, tambien soy Chileno."<br><br>I feel much more at ease being in the big cities and being in Chile because I'm more like the locals there. Urban folk, no matter the country, have similar lifestyles and backgrounds. I shop, go to school, work, and deal with traffic, as do people in Lima, Santiago, La Serena, Arequipa, etc. When we visited small rural towns ...

... bricks have more imperfections to it and are usually found at the bottom portion of the ruins. Imbedded fingerprints can be found on the older bricks when closely inspected.<br><br>The last plan of our Lima tour was to wind down in a small restaurant to tip a few back. Well that was really for me and not so much for Rowena.<br><br>The next day was our flight to Cusco, our entry to our Machu Picchu adventure!

... pereti din rogojina si un acoperis), cartiere intregi de asemenea case sunt la margine Capitalei.<br>Cu toate ca,totii strainii care vin in Lima, stau in Miraflores, noi am ales sa stam in centru, din mai multe motive, e mai ieftin,si e aproape de obiectivele turistice, dar nu este asa sigur. Ce sa faci, mereu exista un "dar".<br>In prima zi (dupa ce am mai tras un somnic de vreo 5 ore) am vizitat Manastirea Franciscana si Catacombele, locul unde se ...

... we had hired on the internet. Percy drove us through Cuzco, a large city of 400,000, where he lives. Then we headed out of town, through mountains and valleys, past young boys leading barley-laiden alpacas, Andean women in their colorful costumes selling handmade woven items, small towns like Chinchero 3,800 meters above sea level. I began to feel the altitude, green and dizzy. After all, we live at 9 feet above sea ...

... no idea how to find him.  He arrived early in Peru to see some friends and I just hoped he could find the hotel.  Our tour guides kept asking, "Where's Jim?"  I almost thought I was going to have to call his wife but I called his room this morning happy to hear his voice on the other the end.  One crisis averted!    We've had a great first day in Lima.  More to come later this evening... we are about to go to our welcome dinner now. Hasta luego!

... We also wandered to Chinatown where we saw no other gringos at all, the best spots to visit are always those where the tourists dont really go and Chinatown was madness. So, Lima was excellent, dont know if Id ever feel the need to go back but it was an excellent 4 days or whatever. Now Im in Areuipa, gonna spend a bit of time here, maybe do some Spanish lessons and hopefully a trek as well and then its off to Cusco for meeting Lisa!!!