http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Peru , Lima , Lima , Lima en-us Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:12:14 +0000 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:12:14 +0000 Wie schon im vorhergehenden Eintrag erwaehnt hat mir Lima nicht besonders gut gefallen.... die Kuehe waren neben den Katakomben vom San Francisco so heisst dieses Monasterio glaube ich das groesste Highlight. die Katakomben dieses Monasterios waren uebrigens ein oeffentlicher Friedhof und enthalten die Knochen von ca. 25'000 Leichen..... http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-462289.html Arrive Zaventem dimanche 15 au matin 8h aprs n'avoir dormi qu'une petite heuregrosse soire avec les amis et fin de prparation des sacs avec les derniers courageux spcial remerciements Morgan Bilou Aurlie... Brigitte et Charlie sont l pour nous accompagns. Nous aussi nous avons fait l'experience du ticket nonvalide... nous voil donc avec une pnalit de 240 eur pour changer n http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-454201.html hola amigosOn est bien arrivs Lima tout se passe super bien La journe t puisante dcalage horaire.. et donc on fera suivre les photos et les petites nouvelles normalement demainGros bisous tousRon et Elo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-453806.html HSo it's been a month of holidaying now and I seem to think we have quite gotten the hang of this. A couple of travelling lessons three very long bus rides some grazed arms and alpaca wool paraphernalia we have seen and done a lot more than we even imagined when we set off We are in Peru now where everyone is so sweet and helpful the women are short and colourful in their pretty skirts. So p http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-453004.html Ihr werdet es nicht glauben ich schreibe aus einem Spa.Ja ich bin in Lima am shoppen shoppen shoppen. Ist toll. Zudem bin ich zutiefst verwirrt. Hier fuehlt man sich in gewissen Vierteln wie in Europa und es gibt viel Schweizer Kaese zu kaufen und so Zeug Schoggi. Verwirrend. Habe zwei lustige Chilenen als Zimmerkollegen und mit denen bin ich jetzt im Tuerkisch Bad. Das kostet 7 Franken fuer http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-450302.html The family and I finally decided to travel to Peru to hike around the mountains an see Machu Pichu We had a blast and it was interesting to see the Incan ruins and see how people live over there. The thing is that a guide is pretty important and you may want to do some research of what to expect. If you're traveling to Peru make sure to keep your valuables safe because even though most of the pe http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-447874.html We have picked the route and realize that we are bound for highh altitude and cold weather. There are very few certainties. One we think for sure is that the two week estimation for time needed to complete this adventure is a bit unrealistic. Most locals think it will take over 5 days via motortaxi to get from Huancayo to Cuzco which we estimate is only about one fifth of our journey. And in terms http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-447022.html 161009 610 AM LimaTime 410a at homeIt wasnrsquot until I landed in Lima did I really feel as though an adventure had begunhellip Navigating the airport on my own gave me a surge of independence. I felt so lsquoseasonedrsquo traipsing around a foreign airport filled with foreign language. Okay every single sign had English subtitles and only one gentleman I spoke to my entire time http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-446494.html Just arrived in Peru so were swapping the Atlantic Coast for the Pacific Coast the shorts for sweatshirts the Havaianas for the hiking boots and limited Portuguese for limited Spanish. It was a long flight from Recife to Lima via Sao Paulo but we had our first glimpse of the Andes and the inland ocean039 Lake Titicaca which was a nice preview of the weeks to come.Anyway I need to fill yo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-436918.html Everything start today. One year of planing and few years of earning money. 2205 pm London to Sao Paulo 12 hours Sao Paulo to Lima 5.30 hours. Two big bags each about 20 kg two bodies 62 and 79 kg. And 6 months of holidays. Life is beautiful http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-432056.html LimaDay 22 we woke up late as usual over here and came down stairs. Our cousins offered to take us out for some Lomo Saltado and we were all cool. We headed back to the house and the day would have been a dud had we not gone to the water park. 17 degrees celsius and we go to the water park...hmm. No it was actually a water show so to speak. Ive seen disneys water shows but this one just blew http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-426887.html HuacachinaSo we got up at about 830 so I can go more sandboarding. Dad didnt want to go so he took a vineyard tour instead. So he left and about a half hour later I left for the dune buggysandboarding tour. Before going into the dessert we all have to sign a manifest as I looked down the list there were 2 Americans 2 spaniards 1 french 1 german and 1 dude from Japan I was so impressed http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-425941.html LimaDay 17 wasnt much for me at least. I woke up around 1 pm and immediately got dressed for a house party at some familys house. After getting full dressed and ready it was such a dire emergency for me to take a shower at that very moment so I went back up and showered even though we were kinda already late. There were plenty of people there to talk most of the party we had to make a 2 hour http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-425156.html Yeah yeah mom Im alive. Ive just been busy. Day 14 wasnt much. We woke up late contrary to what my dad wanted to do. We left and found on nice restaurant on a balcony and ate some chicken. My dad caught what I had and doesnt look good. Barely felt like eating. We came back to the hostal and played chess till it was time to go. My dad played the sick game and gave me the big backpack. We took http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-424508.html So when planning our trip to South America Sharon had a few specific requests of places she had to visit Lima being one of them. I duly promised that we could visit despite all that I had heard about the city and non of it being positive.Anyway on our travels round various people were able to confirm what I had already heard about the city and Sharon became less and less bothered about staying in http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-422056.html Ok so we intended to write our final blog in Lima but just did not get around to it. So we are writing it from home. So our last days in Lima were a bit of a tired blur. Very large and crowded city but we were staying in a nice little hostel in a suburb near the beach with a friendly greeting dog.Day one was spent relaxing and repacking which is when Justin found out his phone was stolen http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-419169.html It first hit me when I nestled down into my tiny window seat on LAN flight 072 bound for Lima My time in the Amazon was over. I had conflicting emotions as the doors on the plane closed. I was definitely happy to be going home but I was already missing the forest and all of the mysteries hidden beneath its canopy. The plane was filled to capacity with a mixture of foreign tourists and Peruv http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-418560.html Terrible night sleep. Nearly froze to death but happy to be heading for Lima today. Made it to the bus station and found a bus headed for Lima. It is a close to a 22 hour ride. Crazy long but need to be at the airport tomorrow for a flight home. No crazy bus stories except one. They make it very clear that when you ride the bus that has a toilet you should only urinate. Well early in the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-418246.html Generally James and I dont make return trips there are too many other places in the world to discover But passing down the Pacific coast of Peru overnighting in Lima was unavoidable a city we had already visited five years previous.My overriding memory of Lima was that it was a kip and I could see why Paddington Bear left. Compared to the sunny heights of Cusco and Lake Titicaca it was inde http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-413809.html Je me rveille tt le matin et je me souviens soudainement o est mon passeport... je l'ai laiss l'htel Je retourne le chercher l'htel et je passe toute la matine essayer d'avoir un vol pour Toronto. Peine perdue personne ne me rpond. Je dcide d'aller l'aroport en aprsmidi et d'essayer de prendre le premier vol. Je vais avec Simon la plage et on se promne avant d'aller l'a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-412849.html