Spent 6 hours walking around Lima today, surprised by how cold it is and also how developed bits are! (saw a Starbucks). Miraflores, the part of town where I´m staying is very nice and modern - totally liveable. It´s also right on the ocean and apartments are very cheap! I mustered up the courage to hope on one of the local minibuses so that I could get to central Lima - to buy a bus ticket and to check out the older part of town with government buildings, etc. Miraflores is almost like a suburb - Lima is a bit like LA in the layout of its neighborhoods. Saw the US flag flying over our embassy on the way! I bought a bus ticket to Ayacucho (10 hours, $13) - I´m heading generally towards Cuzco,
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