Maury Lima

... to build international relations with Peru but my corny jokes are not understood by them , lose something in the translation I think. Lima is full of beautiful 500 year old buildings, churches, cathedrals etc. The place rocks. Very vibrant, busy, ...

... it easier. Lima is the capital of Peru and has a population of 11 million people. Our accommodation is in the historic area - Hotel Maury so we walked to the Main Square Plaza de Armas and found a restaurant for dinner. It was Pando´s - a lot like ...

... the massive clubs surf side backed up by the broken down shacks that the fisherman live in with no electricity. Ironic when Lima was the first South American city to have street lights years ago and there are people still existing without electricity. We ...

So today has been day 1 in Lima, we woke early after an early night.. breakfast was a surprise with fresh orange juice (no bits emms was made up). the weather has been dry, overcast and a little cool.. jerseys required.. We found ourselves in mass this ...

... locked!  The shopkeeper got a key and let us out.  A few blocks walking brought us to elegant but dusty old Hotel Maury, where we ordered pisco sours with lunch, a reward for having avoided alcohol for so long at high altitude.  Under the ...

Hey everyone! Despite my disappointment over not getting a personal movie screen on my flight, I have arrived safely and managed to get through a large chuck of Scar Tissue. Before I contine I just want to put a disclaimer on this and say that I ...

First day in Lima, and quite relieved to find the hotel (Maury) serves breakfast. great sleep after sixteen hours flying...definately business class is worth it.  Speed of going through airports, and good service- yeah, great.  Sat with ...

That's what I can say about my first impression of Lima. When we drove through the outskirts of Lima the houses were all grey due to the pollution. Well, I guess with a population of over 9 million there are many cars and buses driving around and of ...

... . My day started at 12am, where i had booked myself on the first tour of the day which was called Servicios Astronomicos Maury Y Compania, which is pretty self explanatory. Lol. It was basically a star gazing tour. This company would drive you out to ...

... Rio di Janeiro, where my odessey will end! So I caught a plane from Santiago up to the capital of Peru, Lima, and headed for the Hotel Maury and joined up with my tour group. Everyone was Australian, apart from one guy Alistair, who was an englishman ...

... Lima.  On the tour we visited the cathedral of San Francisco where we were spooked by bones in the catacombs and by pigeons in the square! The next morning we hit off (a little worse for wear) with our backpacks to meet our tour group in hotel ...

Had a city tour this morning. We walked around the main square and went into the Öur Ladies of the Rosarie Chruch for the Dominic Order¨. This church holds the remains of some Peruvian Saints. Went into the Convento De San Francisco. This is still a ...

After a comfortable night in the faded 1920's grandeur of the Hotel Maury, Lima we took a flight to Arequipa and arrived around lunchtime. Our hotel was really lovely - very traditional and rustic with a swimming pool, fountain, gorgeous gardens with ...

... , with plenty of legroom, reclining seats with foot rests, films and food - it was better than the flight from Heathrow to Lima!  And when we got there we were even more ecstatic to find a hairdryer, shampoo and conditioner in the hotel bathroom - ...

... that took place at Bar Morris, many of the more elegant hotels in Lima of that era started to imitate the drink, including Hotel Maury and the exclusive Hotel Bolivar on Plaza San Martin, which remains today the most famous place in Lima to sup on a Pisco ...

... u get a chance.  Our death road guide jessie, was an absolute legend. We got introduced to him thru our gap adventure tour guide maury, and jessie was able to sort out so much for us. We went out for dinner with him the night prior and we planned to ...