Blogs from Miraflores, Lima, Lima, Peru, South America - page 48

Happy Holidays Everyone! We definitely miss the holiday feeling down here in Lima. It is just not the same as the weather gets warmer and warmer. Everyday starts off with low clouds followed by clearing around noon. The average daytime temperature along the coast (when the Sun comes out) is about 70-75 degrees. After thinking about it for a long time, Mom and Dad Bergeron decided to come down to Peru for a week for a quick visit. We spent the first few days in Miraflores and Lima getting acquainted with the surroundings, eating great seafood, visiting museums, and sampling a few Peruvian beverages. Dad was very interested in trying the cuy (guinea pig) but after hearing that it had too many small bones, he decided to pass. They were very interested about seeing the Andes ... read more

Greetings All! Well a lot can happen in a week, especially when you dont try. Since we last spoke I have become a Llama farmer and married a Peruanan gipsy woman called Mariella. Clearly I am lying......I am working on the Llama farmer bit. Last week Chris and I actually met our first English amigos out here, Jess has been out here for two years and speaks really good Spanish...I found this out when the school mistakenly put her in my class. Her and the teacher were basically conversing in Spanish...it went a tad over my head to be fair. On Wednesday we had another cooking class and this time there were seven of us! It was actually a really good laugh and a few of us went out for beers to wait for it....´The Old ... read more

fingers crossd!!! for all of you who get this as well, I´m testing the system to see if it works...VERY scientific!!!... read more

Lima is a great city as far as I can tell. I spent my first day here riding around with my friend Sylvia. She showed me all the different districts of lima it was Crazy.. From good areas to bad in just a few blocks.. she kept saying "this area is dodgy stay out of here". I found a real nice hostel to stay at just outside of downtown. Lima sits on a Cliff over looking the ocean and the views are spectacular. Yesterday while we were walking around town I saw a Museum which focused on electrical history (random I know) but there was a big Pelton Wheel labeled in spanish. ... read more

Ok so i was expecting my birthday to be a bit of a non-event....well as b´days go it was up there!! Oh wait a minute before i tell you about that i´d better mention the night before!! It was a quiet Tuesday night and to be honest I was knackered and ready for a quiet night......after dinner at about 9, Elvira the lady im staying with well her daughter and son in law come round and they both speak a bit of english...they are really cool people actually, very friendly and hospitable. Its about 11 and we are all still chatting and by now i´ve had a few cerveza negras (black beer) when Juan Carlos says do i fancy going for a drive to get my barings....sure why not a quick drive could be cool. We ... read more