Blogs from Lima, Lima, Peru, South America - page 85

We left LAX at 9am this morning and spent the entire day flying, first to Houston and then onto Lima. We arrived in Lima at 10pm, a little earlier than scheduled. It´s hard to say what the airport itself is like as we hurried through to immigration and on to pick up our bags and it was really too late to see much of anything. Near the baggage claim area are people offering cell phones to rent for $10. I´m not sure exactly what they cost after that but it´s convenient that you can get one so easily. After gathering our luggage we were greeted by more than a hundred signs waving by different tour companies waiting to pick up their passengers. I´m not sure how our guy spotted us, but thank goodnes he did because ... read more

I landed in Lima late in the evening and was immediately surprised by how efficient everything seemed. I got off the plane and through customs in less than ten minutes, the bathrooms were cleaner than O´Hare´s, which really isn´t saying that much, and I got my baggage without waiting too long. I walked outside and there was the guy waiting with a sign to take me to my hostel. I was amazed. It didn´t feel like I was in a developing country. Then I had to get into the cab... The feelings rushed back to me. I had a smile ear to ear again. This is what I had been missing over the last month while suffering the horrible efficiency of being back home. The cab driver had to go to some random corner of the ... read more

With our time together sadly drawing to a close, we returned to Lima and found a hotel that was excellent on all counts, including serving breakfast in bed. Foodwise, we moved away from the realms of Peruvian cuisine for some novelty. A good dim sum stuffing is not something I'm ever likely to turn down, and it made me realise that my last one had been well over a year ago in Hong Kong. If someone had asked me before coming here which countries had had a large influence on Peru, I would have said Japan, mainly due to knowing of ex-President Fujimori's ancestry, however I've seen little evidence to support that. In fact the preponderance of Chinese food would suggest that the Middle Kingdom has been more influential. There has certainly been a marked absence ... read more

Well, everyone, our land trip is winding down. We are pretty pooped, and a mite tired of living out of a backpack (or duffle in Robin´s case). We just reached Lima this morning after 15 hours on a first class bus. The seats relcined, we had dinner and breakfast served, and it came with a pillow and blanket. We sat right up top in front in one of these panorama busses. I really liked that, except when we went through some heavy fog last night, tried to close my eyes, adjust the seat belt, and drift off into sleepytime. Didn´t quite work that way, but I did try. Watched movies in spanish, which slowly I´m beginning to understand more easily ( especially after about 8 weeks on the road now). So all in all, the bus ... read more

hola allemaal, voor de laatste keer met Cruz del Sur(bus)richting Lima.We gingen om14.45uur weg van Paracas.De rit was langs de kust van Peru .Je zag tijdens de rit heel veel hutjes langs de weg,zouden dat huisjes zijn?Wij weten het niet maar het zag er wel verlaten uit! Ongeveer om 18.30uur aangekomen in Lima en we hadden snel onze bagage.met de taxi richting Miraflores waar onze apartementje is gelegen.Bij de portier van het apartement kregen we de sleutel en een envelope met wat regels en een plattegrondje van Lima.Een geweldig apartement met een goede ligging,we zitten vlakbij winkelscentra,bioscopen en het strand van Lima.We kunnen ook weer lekker koken voor ons zelf en dat is ook weer goed voor als we thuis komen(hahaha).Miraflores is de goede en rijkere buurt van Lima dus we zitten hier prima voor 2 ... read more