Blogs from Lima, Lima, Peru, South America - page 77

Ugh, so let´s say that the sun fried my brain and the situation with my hotmail was bc said person, ahem, me, actually forgot her password. I apoligize : ) I'm really enjoying my stay in miraflores and at the KUSILLu´s Hostel. The people here are awesome and very outgoing. Everyone invites you to wherever they are going. I´ll be staying here two more nights : ) Then maybe i´ll be off to Nazca and then Arequipa. Mom dad, jaz, hope you guys are doing well. Ash...thanks for the comments. When are you arriving in Peru? And DEE beuhring, you tooo hun, love your comments.... read more

I´ve found a fast connecting internet place with USB hubs. Here are some pictures i´ve taken so far. ... read more

It seems as though every morning most of my dorm wakes up at the same time, 9:00 am. Had breakfast with my new Argentianian friend, Inez. Today we were set on going to the Center of Lima....ohhh, something they say is unsafe and dangerous. With confidence, we got on the omnibus that´s packed with people. At 1 sole y 20, it´s a bargain! It stopped every two min to jam pack the tiney bus. A girl from Englad, who was on the same bus and did not speak a word of spanish, looked terified. So Inez and I told her that she should come with us. So off we were..inez, jenny and I. First, to watch the changing of the guards but all we saw behind the gated Palacio de gobierno, was a band playing ... read more

Here we are! Here is the skyline of the city at night- http://www.theperuguide.com/grafica/mira-park2.gif Yesterday in Puerto Maldonado was marginally better. We attempted to go to a guidebook recommended Butterfly House only to be told that it wasn´t open, and that if we were tourists it was $25 US dollars. A piece!! Yikes. So we walked down to Serpentario, which was a neat display of local snakes and amphibians. They also had a blind ocelot which is like a little jaguar. Ocelot- http://www.redwoodwd.net/one/yvonne/images/ocelot.jpg It was neat to see a lot of different snakes and frogs as well, we even got to hold an Anaconda or two )baby ones!) Which apparently get quite large Anaconda- http://www.infotechart.com/jalbum/records/slides/anaconda.jpg We spent the rest of the time trying to find a restaurant to eat in, having people glare at us, and ... read more

All the Aussies are gone, but guess what? You guessed it. More Aussies have shown up. I'm starting to lose track of who they all are. Almost all of them are heading to Cuzco to do the Inca trail. It must be a pilgrimage for Aussies. Guess the Holy Land just doesn't cut it for them. Most of them stay only one or two nights in the hostel. Today, I'm heading to downtown Lima with Evan (Alaskan). It's a very long bus ride. The bus is cramped and our knees are hitting the seats in front of us. It gets worse when a huge Peruvian guy plops himself down in the seat in front of us. Ouch! I don't think I will be able to walk now. It takes us more than half an hour to ... read more