Blogs from Lima, Lima, Peru, South America - page 84

Lima Et besoek i hovedstaden hoerer med saa vi la inn to netter i Lima. Det viste seg at hotellet vi hadde valgt ikke laa i det beste stroeket, men omraadet hadde en morsom inndeling. Kvartalene hadde standardisert seg paa hvilken naering som skulle vaere der. Saa rundt oss var det tre kvartal i alle retninger hvor det bare var trykkerier! Det fjerde kvartalet soerover hadde optikerne okkupert. Osv osv. Lima er ingen smaaby med sine 8-9 millioner innbyggere, noe som merkes baade paa trafikken og luftkvaliteten. Samt at det er mer vestlig enn de fleste stedene vi har vaert tidligere. Vi hadde ikke de store planene for vaart besoek i byen, men benyttet mye tid i bydelen Miraflores som er lekegrind for de litt rikere. Her kan man vandre langs klippene ved sjoen og ... read more

We both woke around 0700 and headed into Barranco to fill in some time until breakfast was served at our hostel at 0800. As in Argentina, the Peruvians are late risers so whilst the traffic heading towards Lima Central was heavy, most of the shops were closed and there were very few locals hanging around. I had an empanada from a dairy that cost S1.00 (NZ$0.50). Empanadas are the local equivalent to a meat pie and look like pasties. They are deep fried usually and can have mince or chicken. The one I had was pretty good and the right price. Back at the hostel for breakfast, we asked one of the staff about getting a taxi into Lima central and were told that the local price was S10 (NZ$5) - we expected to pay the ... read more

Hey Everybody Sooooo we arrived into Lima last night....quite the arrival. First we were late, and then we met two other flights on the way in, so needless to say customs was insane. And then stepping out of immigration even crazier. Never have I seen a swarm of people screaming at you, and James and I frantically looking for our pickup person, whom I was pretty sure would have left since we were 1 hour late. Thankfully the man was still there and so we piled into a small van with other gecko tour ppl. After some sketchy driving thru lima we arrived in a much more upscale Miraflores. Since our hostel was changed at the last minute the driver had no idea where we were staying which resulted in us having to go back to ... read more

Lima. A population twice that of NZ, packed into an urban sprawl with a combination of unaesthetic ´upwards AND outwards´development. The continuous paranoid shriek of car alarms going through their repetitive cyclical performance is akin to Chinese drip torture. People from all over Peru aspire to exchange their provincial poverty for this grander scale variant. Perhaps security was best summed up by one of the locals´ wide eyed reaction to our thought of cycling 31km through and out of Lima to an Inca site of interest. He was less concerned with the tenderness of our lycra clad backsides, than our lives and the possesions we would be carrying. Much of Lima is simply too unsafe for non-locals to visit. Parked on the coast, the safer and flashy suburb of Miraflores is recommended for us ´gringos´. It ... read more

Que pena que no estuvimos en Pero porque no podimos cambiar los vuelos. Por eso, no estuvimos con Jackie y Uwe cuando nacieron los bebes. Entonces queremos saludar a ellos con este blog. Congratulacion!!!!!!!!!!! Estamos muy, muy feliz que los 4 estan sanos y que Jackie esta muy bien. Vamos a celebrar pensando en los bebes y los padres! Y Esperamos que veamos los 4 nuevos Struhallas pronto. Saludos de Bolivia y muchos besos para todos! Da wir leider bei der Geburt der Vierlinge nicht in Peru bei Uwe und Jackie sein konnten (wir konnten den Flug nicht mehr aendern laut Iberia - es war ein Kampf), moechten wir den beiden auf diesem Wege ganz herzlich gratulieren!!!!! Wir freuen uns sehr, dass es Jackie und den Babies gut geht und wuenschen Ihnen nur das Beste und ... read more