We spent the holidays in Lima. On Christmas morning a girl made breakfast for the whole hostel. We stayed in Miraflores which is like the Zona Rosa in San Salvador times 100. Just like America. Didn't really do a whole lot. Saw some movies and basically just relaxed. We continued north to Tumbes which is a headache of a border crossing by itself but to complicate things, we got into a cab (Playa Blanca Co) to head to the border and they asked us if we had ever crossed there. We told them no. They started to tell us how dangerous it was and then later, when we got closer, they said that the bridge was closed due to a protest and that they were going to bring us to the only other way to cross
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