Jose Antonio Lima

We are going on a six month (hopefully not) once in a lifetime adventure. We will visit eight countries on our trip: America, Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, Japan.

In a bid to get rid of the travel bug and to cross off an activity from my 'to do before I die' list (the Inca Trail), I'm embarking on a trip to four Latin American countries over 11 weeks.

hello friendies! welcome to my travelogue! i'm now many months into my trip around latin america - in search of afro-latino beats - musical, cultural and dance links & connections between here and africa - as well as having all the other fabulous ...

After nearly a year of talking about it, we are finally off on our backpacking excursion. We're going with open minds, blank agendas...and a one-way ticket. Check back periodically for updates from the road!

Audrey and I are going to be living la Pura Vida in Latin America. We'll be visiting Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile, Argentina and southern Brazil over approx 3 months!! We'll be updating this blog with news from our travels so that you can ...

Mittel- und Suedamerika

... a brief stop-over in Cusco, we landed in Lima at about 3.00pm and got the bus transfer to our hotel (Jose Antonio Hotel, Miraflores, Lima) by 4.00pm. After settling in, we wandered down to the foreshore to the mall, did some window shopping, had some ...

... back to the hotel for a little sleep before our next adventure. Today we gott up and drove to a sqatters settlement in southern Lima called Villa el Salvador which was nominated for a nobel peace prize for all their social and community work they did to ...

Hello from Lima!  We had great flights and arrived in Lima at 5:00 Friday morning.  We were picked up at the airport and came to the hotel for a buffet breakfast (served every morning) and a rest before  we had our orientation meeting ...

... today.  We left the US on the 18th, but the first day was simply flying from airport to airport.  We arrived in Lima around 5 am yesterday and slept in till around 10 am.  After a forgettable lunch, we took a city "tour" which mainly ...

... and debriefing. Then we all walked back down to the foreshore and had a lovely final meal at Vivaldino's. FOOTNOTE: Driving in Lima - DON"T. These people are crazy! There are few traffic lights which seem to be a suggestion rather than something to be ...

...  Do not look at the fireplace in the corner (error number two).  Most probably that did not exist.  San Antonio temperature rarely drops to necessitate the use of a fireplace.  The women would heat rocks in the fire and bring them ...

... the locals. Peru Amazon & Lima Attractions LIMA: a  We spent the first three nights at this hotel, the Jose Antonio Lima Hotel. b  Kennedy Park is a short distance walk from our hotel.  They hold public concerts where people are ...

... ; I am not impressed with the Hostel I booked so I canceled the second day and am going to try to get to Manual Antonio tomorrow  instead of sunday.. and pray that I can find a cheap room... I have reservations starting this sunday, hopefully they ...

... inhabitants.  We arrived early and got set up, then went in search of food. We were told of a good Peruvian restaurant Jose Antonio. It took quite a walk to find it. We joined up with a group from the States who were also trying to find the ...

... at that time what the fare should be. The rest of the night just turned into a really surreal experience. We met a local lawyer, Jose Antonio, who spoke English and was eager to show that Peru and Lima were indeed civilised places. He took us on a tour ...

... been travelling for more than 24 hours. In Lima we met Roberto and he took us to our accommodation for the evening the Hotel Jose Antonio in the Miraflores area. During the night here I was very, very sick and thought that I wouldn't be able to continue ...

... experience, totally cool. We splurged and ate lunch at an upscale restaurant located on a pier on the beach in Miraflores, Lima.  We were dressed still from exploring Pachacamac, but they treated us well.  We sat by a window overlooking the ...