Blogs from Lima, Peru, South America - page 6

GÜN 12 13 ŞUBAT SALI: Ne yaparsam yapayım ,saat 07:00 de ayaktaydım. Vakit geçsin diye bir film seyrettim. Son toparlanmadan sonra, Santa Domingo ‘dan C4’e binip otobüs garajının bulunduğu Quitumbe’ye gitmeyi planlıyoruz . Dersimizi de çalıştık ya..Otobüse bindiğimde, aksi istikamete gittiğimi hayretle müşahade ettim. Zaten Kolon durağında indirdiler… bu aracın son durağı burası imiş.. Colombiya’daki toplu taşıma araçlarının içindeki ekranlarda gelecek durak belirtiliyordu. Burada böyle bir şans yok… iş sizin dikkatinize ve fotografik hafızanıza kalmış.. Bir hayli karışıklık sonunda, C4 gerisin geriye bindiğim Santa Domingo durağına döndü …çok şükür bu kez gidiş yönümüz doğru… Quitumbe de (Quitumbe ana terminal ) az bekleyerek, havalı minibüsüme kuruldum.. Bu yol için toplam 2 dolar 25 ... read more

Plaza Mayor de Lima: Archbishop's Palace of Lima The bus ride to Lima was memorable. Jana told me about a local bus scam artists that would poor water on the floor to wet your bags on purpose. Then they would ask to help you put it up on the overhead compartment and as soon as you did, they would hope off the bus with your stuff. It sounded a bit juvenile, but it did happened. This scenario played itself out as described by Jana during our ride. Word for word. I kid you not. I was baffled...We reached Lima and went our separate ways. I would continue to run into Jana throughout my travels through Peru. I actually saw her again in Lima a day or two before my departure. I reminisce my time traveling with ... read more

Quilmaná, Lima, Peru Wednesday, June 6, 2012 PERU FOR THE SECOND TIME Margaret and I have been married for 33 years and I seldom take a trip without her. She, on the other hand, has often traveled without me---trips to see the granddaughter, trips with her girlfriend Connie, trips to see her family. So, when my Peruvian friend, Miguel, told me he was going to see his family in Canete, Peru, I got excited. Margaret said "Go!" and that was all the encouragement I needed. We had taken a 2009 trip to Peru and had seen Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley, Cusco, Lake Titicaca and Lima; when we arrived home, I longed to return. This trip would involve a much more primitive venture to an arid region 85 miles south of Lima, five miles from the ... read more

The hotel in Lima is gorgeous in spite of the Water Crisis. Room is comfy and gorgeous. It's much better to have insomnia 2:30 in the morning in a luxurious bed with AC that is gorgeous like the modern stuff you see on HGTV. I had a welcome dip in the pool yesterday too. f I can figure out how to get the tv video Ana put on fb, onto my page....of the cow, the truck, the container, the the girl under the pile of wood rushing down the ravine with Incredible Force for miles and miles from the mountains, I will. Everyone in the video was lucky to be alive, but maNY have been killed. Tomorrow we start the tour. Colonial Lima. Meeting in the morning with alleged complicated details I think. So far all ... read more

Ana, my lovely airbnb hostess, accompanying get me to cafe breakfast SAT, noon after I finally arose and got it together. Divorced architect, oldest of 5,mother of 3, oldest 40ish, and she is 3yrsolder thanme.? Oy vey.... read more