When we took our overnight bus down to Lima we were anticipating many things. It was our first taste at couchsurfing, would our host be nice, would we all get on and would we be able to understand a single thing he said. Things did not get off to a fantastic start as we rolled into the Flores office in central Lima at 10.30 am, with a view of meeting our host at 11. Things seemed doomed as we both realised that neither of us had a clue what he looked like, but surely being 2 tourists sat in a small bus terminal in one of Lima´s least salubrius areas, he would find us. As the time ticked on towards mid-day and having refused at least 20 offers of Taxis from the relentless mob of drivers,
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