http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Peru , Lima , Lima , Miraflores en-us Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:04:22 +0000 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:04:22 +0000 I hadnt planned on spending any time in Lima but when it turned out that the bus from Cusco would take 21 hours I decided to stop for a night or so. After another chaotic cab ride I met jess and rachel at the bus depot again but they were upstairs I was down. I'd heard rumours that the road went over 5000m but I passed out pretty quickly waking up in the middle of the desert again. I turned http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-463997.html Well our day started with our 7am flight to Los Angeles which was a beautiful flight watching the sun rise and seeing Mt Rainer poking its head up above the clouds. Arrived in LA and found where we had to go which was a chaotic security line took off our shoes and jacket for the 2nd time that morning. Love US customsWe arrived in Lima at 1135pm and walked out into a sea of people looking for http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-463399.html This blog is dedicated to mine and Kararsquos 6 week adventure in South America. There are multiple purposes for this blog but first and foremost we want to keep our friends and families updated on our progress. Also we are hoping to do our fellow travellers a solid by giving information on what to do prices travel times etc. So here we gohellipLimaAfter about 14 hours of travel in whic http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-461548.html Hey All I made it back to Lima from the Amazon yesterday afternoon. Our group had its fairwell dinner last night and we said goodbye to our great group leader Bruno and some of the travellers who were flying out late lst night. Ive still got today and tomorrow left in Lima before flying home late Wednesday night. The Jungle was sspectacular. We were picked up by Jungle Specialists from http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-460641.html So far Peru is a great country people are very nice and helpful. Many will try to make a few extra soles the Peruvian currency 3 soles 1 dollar by charging overprice but once you learn to navigate through that you're pretty much set to enjoy 3 course meals for 5 dollars or less.We arrived to Lima late the 25th so we have basically only had 2 whole days here which seems enough considering http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-456778.html We made it After much running through airports and a little worry about missing flights are at last in Peru. We spent an exhorbent amount on a taxi from Lima to safer and nicer Miraflores but in our muddled state it was worth it. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-456568.html Hey. Leaving Lima today. Met part of my group last night and so far so good. Our tour leader is a very energetic Peruvian and ramped up everyone's excitement. I can't wait to get going Went down to the beach this morning with a German guy named Christian who is going to be in my group. Was very rocky where we ended up but I was able to dip my feet in the Pacific... it was freezing. Walked a goo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/blog-456325.html Nous revoil pour la suite de nos aventures Lima Mercredi 18 on profite d'un dernier repas avec Shawn dans un petit restaurant car c'est le dernier jour pass chez Marta au menu pour 6soles50 soupe de semola tamal alverjito y pollo saltado et picante carne et tout a accompagn du typique Inca kola...muy bueno.On se met en route avant la nuit 18h pour Miraflores le district tourist http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-455654.html So ich bin wieder in Lima.Leider funktioniert Fotoupload nicht. Mir geht es gut habe viele Menschen wiedergetroffen und wieder bisschen eingekauft... Leider passt mein Bild nirgends in irgendeine Tasche und ich versuche einen Flug nach Bogota zu finden... jaja. Dann gehe ich bald wieder an den Strand. Bald kommen vielleicht noch die fehlenden Fotos von Huaghachina und Nasca. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/blog-455376.html Today our adventure in South America began. We arrived in Lima around 430 AM but didn't leave the airport till around 6. After meeting our tour director and our group we got on the bus and headed to our hotel the Casa Andina Private Collection in Miraflores. Upon checking into the hotel we were escorted to a delicious buffet breakfast. There were chocolate pastries fresh fruit pancakes http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-450763.html We have been at Dharmarsquos and Ananthyrsquos house in Lima Peru since Saturday. They live in a very nice area called Miraflores just a few blocks from the Ocean. We met Ananthy and Dharma in Delhi a few years ago. They are both from the USA. Dharma is an English teacher and he was working at the American School in Delhi before moving to the American School in Peru this summer. Ananthy http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-448358.html I HEART PERU So Peru has officially won my favourite south american country award It is AWESOME. It literally has it all mountains lakes beaches wildlife hot springs jungle cool cities lovely people great food apart from guinea pigmore on that later. Really very cool. LAKE TITICACAWe began by crossing the border into Peru at Lake Titicacaand were immediately greeted by Inca Kola s http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-444720.html Well my brain seems not to be working this trip but more on that later...After I logged off last night I went for a walk on the beach with some of the other ladies on the tour. Watched the sunset behind the cliffs of the bay and watched the hotel men take a couple of sailboats out of the water. Dinner was a buffet for the appetizers and dessert but we had to pick our entree. Well it was a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-444487.html I apologize if I stop capitalizing things but the shift key on this keyboard is in an odd spot and I may get lazy.in addition the at symbol is a bit finicky so im posting my email here so i can reaccess it if i need to....mindysr4hotmail.comNow on to the fun stuff. Driving around a city is always disorienting for me since i have no point of reference to figure out were we are. But appar http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-443881.html HiI only have a few minutes before we leave on the city tour but I wanted to stop in and let everyone know I made it okay. Flight was good even if I did get stuck in a middle seat. And both people on my sides slept through a lot of the flight. We had a long wait at the airport waiting for the final passengers and one persons luggage didnt make it. We are 31 in this group a bit bigger t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-443855.html Lima is rubbish. Itrsquos official. The capital city of Peru much like Birmingham but bigger and uglier. Although outwardly similar to Quito Quito has a soul which Lima seems to lack. As luck would have it wersquore only staying here for one day before we move on to Huacachina but believe me one day is enough.For the first time on this trip someone tried to chat me up into being robbed http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-443322.html Perill ollaan vihdoinkinLento Madridista lhti luvattuun aikaan ja pivn odottelun jlkeen psimme Limaan sunnuntaina illalla. Ensimminen ajatus kentlt ulos psty oli mielikuva jostain tutusta tuoksusta olemme meren lhellMatka kentlt Mirafloresiin kulkee rannan kautta ja siin se nyt oli pitkst aikaa Tyyni valtameri.Illan pimeydess ei nkynyt muuta kuin suuret aallot jotka http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-442571.html Back on the road in less than seven weeks. etickets arrived in the Inbox and now the excitement builds .Taxi preorganised and our room in a Miraflores hostel reserved... http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-440479.html Our next capital city after Bogota and Quito was to be Lima. The reviews of Lima from fellow backpackers tended to be even worse than those for Quito with warnings of theft bad weather and pollutionWe arrived early on Saturday morning and immediately went to bed before setting off to get tickets for the World cup qualifier between Peru and Uruguay that afternoon. We left things a little late http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-439741.html Last night was a jammin night hopefully the videos load. Drank a little with our friends at the Condor house and after not bringing any music it was nice to hear the guitars and drums again. This is mainly a post to see if we can get picturesvideos up. so here it goes.................... http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-438958.html