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May 14th 2013
It was a long old bus ride down the Pan-American highway from Mancora and after 20 hours we arrive in the Peruvian capital, Lima. Like all our destinations, we’d spoke to fellow travellers in advance to get advice; how long to visit for, recommendations of where to stay and sights worth seeing. Overwhelmingly, the view of Lima was that it is simply to be passed through, a stopover to break up long bus journeys between the north and south of the country. With this advice in mind, we decided to stay just two days and booked our bus tickets out of the city as we arrived. Both Sonya and I weren't expecting much from our time in Lima but our visit did present us with the opportunity to catch up with our German friend, Norman, who ... read more
Two days of waiting, queueing, traffic and travelling to get from Trujillo to Lima to Miami eventually!
Published: May 11th 2013South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Lima
May 9th 2013
8th May ’13 Trujillo to Lima We boarded the 8.45am Cruz del Sur to Lima, were videoed and off we set. This bus however was top of the line and we had individual screens so we could select what films we wanted to watch. I found a Jonny Depp and started watching, all was fine until Howard went to the loo and managed to freeze my screen with his bum as he pushed past. An hour later and Howard with a good ear bashing, the hostess came along and showed me how to reset the thing. Anyway we were given a snack with a drink followed by lunch with a drink and then the bingo started (we didn’t attempt it this time!) – it went on for ages and finally 5 people all won at the ... read more
May 3rd 2013
Šiandien pagaliau išsiruošiu paskraidyt parasparniu. Susiskambinu su Soren, kuris žadėjo man išnuomoti parasparnį. Jis sako, kad anksčiau kaip 2 valandą paprastai vėjo nebūna, tad anksčiau važiuoti neverta. Bet man iki parasparnių skraidavietė 2 valandos kelio, tad iš namų iškeliauju 12 val. Kaip tik 2 valandą būnu startavietėje, bet vėjas vis dar per silpnas. Atsisėdu laukti. Vėjas kiek sustiprėja ir pakyla keli parasparniai. Bet Sorenas dar neatvažiavęs, tad laukiu. Vėjas silpnokas. Po kiek laiko atvažiuoja Sorenas, bet vėjas taip ir nesustiprėja, tad lieku neskridęs. Vėl ilga kelionė namo. Šiandien vėl bandau važiuoti iki startavietės, o man kompaniją palaiko Maysa. Scenarijus panašus kaip ir vakar - 2 valandą vėjo nėra, 3 valandą vėjo nėra. Apie 4 val. vėjas kiek sustiprėja ir kaip tik tuo metu atvažiuoja Sorenas su parasparniu. V... read more
148, 149 diena. Pažintis su Lima.
Published: April 30th 2013South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » La Molina
April 30th 2013
Kai iš ryto atsikeliam, pas Jorge atėjus tėvų puseserė kuri šiek tiek prižiūri namus. Jorge ne pats tvarkingiausias vaikis, tad ji šiek tiek aptvarko namus. Iš ryto einam į parduotyvę, prisiperkam maisto. Papusryčiaujam ir važiuojam į miestą, į populiariausią turistinį rajoną kuris randasi prie vandenyno kuris vadinasi Miraflores. Bet Lima, tai 8mln gyventojų turintis mietas kuriame nėra metro, tad betkokia kelionė iš namų užtrunka labai ilgai. Iki Miraflores važiuojam apie 2 valandas. Čia rajonas su brangiausiom parduotuvėm ir visiems gerai pažystamais prekių ženklais, bei greito maisto restoranais. Rajonas labai švarus ir tvarkingas, bet nepalieka man labai didelio įspūdžio, nes tokių rajonų esu matęs ne vieną. Bet čia taip pat yra tai ko nerasi betkuriam mieste... pakrantėje dinamike skraido parasparniai. Pasišneku su vietiniai pilotais ir su... read more
150, 151 diena. Vis dar Lima.
Published: April 30th 2013South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » La Molina
April 30th 2013
Jau galvojam apie keliavimą toliau. Maysa nusprendžia, kad jai geriau skristi lėktuvu, tad papusryčiavę keliaujam į netoliese esnačių kelionių agentūrą. Bet čia bilietai labai brangūs, tad vėl važiuojam į miesto centrą. Kelionė kaip įprasta ilga. Čia nuperkam bilietą, bet tik pirmadieniui labai anksti ryte. Tad Limoj teks pabūti kiek ilgiau nei planuota. Po to keliaujam į pagrindinę aikštę, kuri šiandien jau atidaryta. Išskirtinis aikštės bruožas - didžiuliai senovisai balkonai ant visų pastatų aplink aikštę. Labai ilgai mieste nevaikštinėjam nes nežinau kaip ilgai važiuoja autobusai į mūsų rajoną, tad papietaujam ir važiuojam namo. Jorges namie vėl nėra, nors ir sakė, kad šiandien jam dirbti nereikia. Jau anksčiau minėjau, kad Lima labai didelis miestas ir norint kažkur nuvažiuoti užtrunka labai daug laiko, tad šiandien nusprend... read more
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April 28th 2013
This entry includes a brief summary of our travel day since it doesn't quite warrant its own entry. It was rather uneventful. Despite fears of delays from furloughs, none of our planes left late. In fact, most left a bit early. Flying out of Houston, we sat on the tarmac just a few minutes as they started rerouting planes through a storm. We passed through a little of it, and it was some of the worst turbulence I remember experiencing. It felt like we were going through a rollercoaster. But that was as much as any excitement as we had on the planes. A few thoughts/highlights/etc of our travel: We only had a third person in our row on one out of three flights. For the other two, we got to stretch out, which was lovely. ... read more
April 18th 2013
Before we update our late travel blogs, we want to express our concern and sympathy to those affected by the senseless bombing at the Boston marathon. We were shocked and saddened when we learned about this. City life in Lima in early April Throughout our journey we were continuously advised to either skip or shorten the Lima stay. Just another big city. Perhaps after weeks of small towns and cities we were ready for a big city, as Lima was a pleasant surprise (at least in thee districts we visited). There are about 47 districts (neighbourhoods) in Lima, with a total population of about 10 million. Many Peruvians we met mentioned that Lima could be a country in itself because the city is widespread with diverse districts. We began our Lima experience in the more local/non-tourist ... read more
April 14th 2013
Well after six exciting months on the road we find ourselves sat in an Internet cafe (Ben on keyboard, Shelly on photos) in Central Lima writing the final blog on our trip through the Americas from Canada into the U.S.A. then through Central America and finally South America as far as the Andean Altiplanos of Bolivia. We get on a 12 hour flight in 8 hours to Amsterdam then back to Old Blighty. Our wish for the snow and ice to have dissapeared seems to have been left unanswered so we've got jumpers and coats at the ready!! The last blog written by Shelly was during my 4 day trek along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu so i'll start from there. The pick up was supposed to be at 5.30 but as they couldn't find ... read more
April 13th 2013
Hi! I apologise for appalling grammar in previous blog entry. I wrote it quickly and foolishly didn't re-read! Anyway, so we have been by ourselves without our g adventures group now for almost a week! Lima hasn't a great deal to offer but it has a well groomed park in the centre of town which is lovely in the sunshine. It had lots of little sweet and market stalls scattered in and amongst the park which add to it's bright atmosphere! apart from enjoying the park we went surfing a couple of days ago! We are now officially surfer babes!!!!! Or so we would like to think...... 😘 I dI'd however 'ride' a wave-check me out!! And rach nearlyyyyyyy got up, so not quite surfer gal material just yet Hahah ;) although the water was freezing ... read more
April 8th 2013
So our tour has ended and now me and rach are in Lima on our own. The hostel is really nice, it's called hostel el patio and has a has a communal balcony with lots of flowers and wicker chairs and marble tables. I'm sitting here with rach now and we have just had our dinner of chicken, fish an salad from the supermarket... (we were trying to save money by not eating out and then it actually amounted to the same price if not more money-but hey ya live and ya learn!) We are going to head out now to a bar I think or maybe just stay in... Tomorrow we are going to go to the beach like we did today the maybe have a surfing lesson!! It sounded really fun :) Lots of ... read more
