Blogs from Lima, Lima, Lima, Peru, South America - page 4

R: We had a reasonably late start into Lima, our flight arriving at around 8pm. We went to El Salvador again on the way here so we are now experts in El Salvador airport including where to taste the best Guatamalan rum and which Subway has the better free wifi. As we collected our luggage at Lima it was clear that some items were being taken off the baggage carts and treated more carefully than the other items. They were in the shape of bubble wrapped religious statues. After a few minutes, a group of elderly nuns wandered over and grabbed one each and walked off with them under their arms. Now either they were exceptionally strong nuns, or all was not as it seemed... We had a luxury at Lima... We used a load of ... read more

Juz dawno nie byłam tak wyspana - jetlag sprzyja siescie, a równik wstawaniu i chodzeniu spać z kurami. Kury są tu zreszta bardzo popularne - otwierają i zamykają każde menu. Prośba o empanadas - ichniejsze pierogi wielkości cepelinow - z samym serem nie spotyka żadnego zrozumienia u ekspedientki - mieso to podstawa tutejszych posiłków. Trochę ubolewam nad brakiem opcji vege, a trochę się dostosowuje - czasem zreszta z zaskoczenia. Zjedliśmy obiad w obdrapanym, lokalnym barze i myśląc, ze to smażone kalmary jedliśmy smażone kawałki wieprza - chicarron. Nie zmienia to faktu, ze to były delicje! Lima pełna jest rozklekotanych aut kopcących jak śląskie elektrownie w latach świetności. Nie ma to nic wspólnego z VW, bo wszystko co ma cztery kolka przypłynęło z Japonii/Korei - kto nie widział jeszcze toyoty yaris w wersji sedan z sześcioma pasażerami ... read more

Columbia to Ecuador and Peru Leaving Medellin looked like a big challenge for me,so I had a bit of a restless nights sleep,but I should not of worried so much as my notes and GPS all came together on the day and we headed south towards Santender de Quilichao for the night. The mountain roads just seemed to get better and better as the day went on. These few days in Columbia have been the best riding so far. Just stunning scenery. 22km from Pasto and we got dumped on, we managed to find some shelter through the worst of it and put on our wet gear. It stopped raining as we reached the hotel, where we parked all the bikes in a house/hotel garage/lounge. Our room was a cupboard with no where to dry anything. ... read more

Lima is the capital city of Peru & is a mix of central business district, top range hotels and true slums. It is also covered in cloud almost all the time. It is at this point that me & Jin part ways as she stayed in Huaraz to do the Santa Cruz trek & I made my way further south. How I got there: I booked a Linea bus for S/.28 - after our trip from Trujillo to Huaraz I knew the company to be pretty comfortable & it was the cheapest bus around. The bus left at 9:30am & arrived at the Linea Terminal Lima at just gone 6pm. You need a passport to book this bus. *This bus only leaves on Sunday, Monday, Thursday & Friday otherwise it is night buses or Cruz del ... read more

Hi All, So we arrived in Lima airport at 2pm, it was a lot hotter than we thought, lucky I still had shorts on and Vicky had about 4 layers so she was really hot!! Once we got our bags we found Vick’s bag had been tampered with as the pad lock wasn’t through the metal hooks of the bag but just through the material of the zip straps. She wasn’t too annoyed because she didn’t have anything in their at all worth stealing or that she couldn’t replace. It turns out that her bag had been chosen for a through inspection at the LAX airport whilst going through there own large luggage scans. There was a little leaflet inside stating that it isn’t their fault if they break the pad-lock and that the scans are ... read more