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South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Miraflores April 30th 2007

Off to the "Love Park," where EVERYONE is making out, v. strange when you actually see it. I wonder if tourists in uncontrollable fits of giggles ever puts them off- I suppose they get used to it. Not that we were laughing in their face but the concept is simply so strange. Great photo opportunity. Watch the Champions League semi in the presence of none other than "Hector Chumpitaz." Who? Well thats what we said when he was mobbed. After he left we discover he is Peru´s version of Pele and one of SA´s all time greats!! Of course. Opportunity missed! Especially as he was signing shirts. We then catch the May Day celebrations in the main plaza all music and dance. Then something cultural: the church housing the tomb of the 1st black saint and ... read more

South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Miraflores November 15th 2005

It seems the best cure for walkers who have completed the Salkantay or Inca trails is to party hard when you get off the train back in Cusco, and who am I to argue with this tried and true remedy. As such I went out to Mama Africas that night with the hostel crowd for much therapeutic drinking and dancing all night. I booked on an overnight bus trip the next day south west to Arequipa with two English girls who had become travel friends. At this stage of my trip, there are some travellers I've bumped into four or five times on the gringo trail. It really is very social and a lot of fun on the trail in South America, but you do need to be constantly vigilant looking after your possessions. The bus ... read more
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