Blogs from Miraflores, Lima, Lima, Peru, South America - page 49

hola mi amigos!! Ok so last time i posted, i was about to suffer a fate worse than death....thats right gang sharing a bed with another man. Well we did go out and have a few beers and check the local sights after all it is saturday night! Now Miraflores is a bit more touristy than downtown and to be honest there are a couple of places where people offer you shots to go in their bars etc (Magaluf anyone??) So we start to get on the beers when we suddenly wonder what time our hosyel shuts, baring in mind we are off the beaten track etc...no such luck we race back only to find he´s still open...shit. Well it gets worse i manage to doze off (which is a mission in itself by the way ... read more

We weren't suppossed to end up in Lima, but because we didn't get on our flight....we decided to make the best of it by spending a day in Lima. We stayed in the Miraflores area and we were pleasantly surprised at the beautiful views of the Cliffs and the ocean. Watching the the Paragliders sail off the cliffs high above us was really exciting to see........until we decided to try it ourselves!! ... read more

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This morning we embarked on a Lima city tour at 09:00. We were the first on the ‘bus and by the time we had finished the round of the hotels it was 09:50. In fairness, there was a slight delay due to a suicide - an individual had apparently flung himself or herself to their intended death from a high-rise block in a busy side street. We started at the slightly tacky Huaca Huallamarca - a Maranga adobe pyramid describing the history of Lima 200 BC to 500 AD together with some mummified corpses. We moved on swiftly to the city centre where we saw some magnificent balconied Spanish colonial buildings until we got to the Cathedral. The forerunners of this magnificent building had been destroyed by earthquakes and the current edifice dates from 1755, although ... read more

Lima was our final stop of the travels. We arrived into Lima airport from Cusco after a 2 hour delayed flight. This was due to weather conditions at the airport, but it was still much better than taking the alternative 24 hour bus journey! We checked into the ´Flying Dog´ hostel in the Miraflores part of the city. This is meant to be slightly more traveller friendly than the central area of Lima. The first day we had a good peruvian lunch one block from our hostel and decided to explore the area, heading down to the coast by foot and exploring the beachside plaza amongst other things. We were nearly all persuaded to paraglide off the coast that afternoon but Mark saved that for the next day. We spent that evening in the Pizza street ... read more