http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Peru , Lima , Lima , Barranco en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:08:59 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:08:59 +0000 Finally got out of Lima Tuesday morning. It surprised me as a pleasant city for such a large place. I admit i stayed in the safe districts of Barranco and Miraflores most of my time. Miraflores is where all the gringos hang out with a large park street markets airlines fastfood small smoky cafes lots of live music lots of nightlife. Barranco is smaller more bohemian neighbor with a nice http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-457991.html Hey this is Nat again.We're back in Lima at the first place we stayed in the neighbourhood of Barranco. Yesterday was that really only yesterday we went to Machu Picchu again We went up in the morning and spent about 3 hours wandering around. It was cloudy and rainy again when we got there and so we climbed up to what is called the funerary caretaker's hut and while we were sitting and reco http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-454926.html Not sure who will be reading this other than me And......After a very long journey from London to Lima via a five hour stop in Madrid Inc a 3 hour delay we arraived at our first destaintion...the first of possibly 14 countries....So Lima what we can we say We have been staying in Barranco a rather nice little area overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Miraflores is the bigger more well known are http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-434065.html Hey all.. today we finally started to get into the swing of things time wise. Been a bit screwed up with how things were in B.A with their eating dinner at 1011pm and not going out until about 2am but we seen to be ok now. Went through miraflores and then Barranco today it was all pretty good. Having a chat to the travel lady at the hostel tomorrow to sort out our buses and hostels as we trav http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-433643.html We caught a Taxi out to the airport around 3 hours before our flight left which left us plenty of time to book in.The flight to Santiago Chile was good and we had a 6 hour stop over to kill time. Not much to do in an airport for six hours but to play cards eat talk and duty free shopping. We both decided to buy some Pisco rum so we could make Pisco Sour back in Australia we also brought a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-414740.html We're here safely deposited at the Barranco Backpackers Inn. It was a long trip luckily with only minor adventures. The hostel seems really nice. The hostess reminded us several times that this is our home now and offered us pisco sours and a trip out to the clubs as soon as we arrived. We are feeling good about our decision to take it easy tonight so we are about to tuck in to some very comfy http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-411749.html Hello everyone hope you are all well We have covered a lot of miles in the last 10 days Whistler Vancouver London Leicester via Ashdon its in Essex for those of you who dont know Birmingham Newark Lima. So as you can imagine there hasnt been much time to update anything really. We said our goodbyes to the snow and wonderful scenery and people of BC and have been enjoying the heat http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-397095.html O.K. This really is my last day in South America. I fly out at elevenon the dreaded overnight flight to Toronto. I never sleep on planes so I know I will be useless for a day or so.Yesterday was a blast With two Brits and Servas friend we explored downtown Lima and the Bohemian communities. At the Cathedral we arrived just at the end of the ordination of some Bishops. Riot police were on t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-392503.html okay...So........okayIm in Peru people... Like Inca Kola and soles for your shoes or dollars if youre a fat american and you run round the middle of town telling all the locals...you can rip me off if you want cos Im american and I like McDonalds...Still trying to get a hold of this bartering bollox..seller thatll be 10 potatoes...mewell I only have 5 in my pocket....seller that wi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-377350.html Goal 3 Bragging RightsI spend most of the week on the patio with my laptop typing away. I keep a steady stream of coffee running through my bloodstream to maintain focus.But sometimes I switch out the coffee for a liter of Inca Kola. Inca Kola is considered the national soft drink of Per. It began in the mid1930's when a Peruvian Jos Lindley born of English immigrant parents began experi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-370174.html Not much to report from today. We woke up at 0700 packed our gear and caught a cab to the airport for our flight to Lima. The plane had the smallest sitting space Irsquove encountered on any aircraft ever I couldnrsquot sit at all without having an indentation of the seat in front embedded in my kneecaps. I managed to move to a vacant exit row as soon as the seatbelt sign went off.Jo had http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-363922.html Well after a few ikle mishaps Dave and I have made it all here in one piece.......all OK though thought I had left all my at home so bought a load more in the airport at a totally rubbish rate.......guess what they were packed in a real secure place that I found once I had arrived in Peru D'oh Miami arport was interesing ' me getting stressed having only 2 hrs to get through never we http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-354836.html Barranco is another suburb of Lima. Christina the mexican girl and I visited barranca for a couple of hours in the afternoon. We got there by collectivo local transport that is basically a minivan with people hanging out the side yelling the destinations. Barranco was quiant with a pretty plaza de armas and a library. We had a look inside and they still use the Dewey Decimal system and to ge http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-346733.html Peru pics http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-345133.html My final days in Lima were very enjoyable. I felt like I had learnt a decent amount of language considering the short amount of time made new friends and had some fantastic experiences. BarrancoOn Saturday I went to visit an older area of town called Barranco. Funnily enough we spent a a fair while driving around Lima the night before trying to find a particular bar so I had already seen a bit of http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-339428.html Hello Again Everyone Yes thats right i some how managed to go on another massive holiday which im gonna tell you all aboutFor those who dont know im out in South America for two months with three mates from school who are on a six month trip Thomas James and DanielLima Peru First stop Lima where i met the other boys in a hostel in a district known for its bars called Barranco. We had a jolly http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-337455.html We arrived in Lima from Iquitos after a 2 hour flight. We were on the other side of the Andes now on the Pacific Ocean and the climate was slightly different After 2 months in sometimes lovely sometimes oppresive Brazilian heat we were back to the cold The shorts and vest I was wearing didn't really do the job On the taxi trip to our hostel I had my first ever view of the Pacific Ocean but it http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-332673.html Que pena que no estuvimos en Pero porque no podimos cambiar los vuelos. Por eso no estuvimos con Jackie y Uwe cuando nacieron los bebes. Entonces queremos saludar a ellos con este blog. Congratulacion Estamos muy muy feliz que los 4 estan sanos y que Jackie esta muy bien.Vamos a celebrar pensando en los bebes y los padres Y Esperamos que veamos los 4 nuevos Struhallas pronto.Saludos http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-330224.html So we begin in Barranco a suburb of Lima which is described as the bohemian artists quarter. I heard alot of negatives about Lima so my expectations were not too high. But we arrived to the very modern airport straight into the taxi our hostel called One Hostel...it was really great had sent for us. As I would soon discover things work pretty well here. Granted we havent deviated from the wel http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-317997.html Er was eens... een verschrikkelijk oncomfortabel vliegtuigzitje aan een aangedampt raampje waar je je benen net niet in je nek moet vouwen idyllisch gelegen aan de hygienische voorzieningen die om de haverklap gebarricadeerd werden door individuen met hevige ontlasting of letterlijk en figuurlijk schreeuwlelijke zuigelingen. Reken daarnaast een brave buur met een afgrijselijk onverstaanbaar Londe http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-304118.html