Blogs from Lima, Peru, South America - page 167

Thursday 31st August 2006 Flight from Madrid to Lima Bad news -flight was delayed two hours. Good news - upgraded to business class which made the 12 hour flight 'fly by'!! Fully reclining seats, personal TV’s with films, games and music as well as a live camera stream from the back of the plane! Best of all however, a free wash bag with lots of bits in!!! Arrived in Lima airport only to have to wait an hour for our bags to arrive off the plane. We went through to the arrivals room to utter chaos! Luckily we quickly spotted our taxi driver waving his sign with "Denise Barnett" correctly spelt and in big red letters, fantastic! The drive from the airport to the hotel in Miraflores, some 15km south of the city was gut wrenching ... read more

What a nightmare journey to get to the jungle!!! Left Bonaire yesterday as scheduled and had an ok flight into Lima. Only 3.5hrs, although we did then spend 30 minutes circling over Lima until there was a space to land! Out of the airport into the chaos of Lima - it´s totally mad...men everywhere shouting at you about money changing, taxis, going to cusco etc etc. We managed to get a taxi with a nice driver who spoke good english - learned that taxi drivers don´t bother getting car insurance....agreed this was probably a combination of the state of their vehicles (smell of burning rubber from right wheel arch area most of the way there) and the fact that ALL drivers in Lima are totally crazy...they basically just zig zag backwards and forwards across the roads ... read more

Ok, enough about me and my pining. I have been wanting to post pictures up in here, but when I tried the other day, it took forever to load, and by the time it was done loading, it said it could not load. Needless to say, I wanted to destroy something. I will get some pictures on here sooner or later. I want to give you all an idea of how things are in Lima where I am living. Lima is divided into several districts (40 or so). I am living in a smaller, safe district called Jesús María. There are many things to do in Lima like discotecas, malls, beaches, tours, museums, movies, and such. However, it is winter here, and it is literally overcast EVERYDAY. I have seen the sun once in over a ... read more

Ok, first of all, muchísimas gracias to all of you that sent me messages and what not. I can honestly feel your prayers working down here. As cheesy as that sounds, let me attempt to explain it. My mom told me that she is praying for me, as well as the rest of my family. Very quickly after composing my last blog entry, things took a complete 180. I have made some awesome friends here that are in the same boat as I am, and the others are native Peruvians that are patient and amiable. These happenings are your prayers at work. Despite my last entry, I have never felt like I was not capable of surviving here. I know I can do it, but I feel it is important to make myself vulnerable, and for ... read more

Sa fait bizarre, il a deux trucs qui sont a l´envers ici. La lune est de coté. Ca fait drole, tu vois le croissant de lune de coté. Et l´autre chose va venir plus comme une question: Quand vous flusher la toillette, l´eau tourne de qu´elle bord? Ici, elle tourne dans le sens anti-horaire. Je suis curieux de savoir au Québec. Merlin... read more