Lima Peru day 2 August 7th 2014 Lima: Did not do much today went to San Miguel Plaza for some last minute shopping. Bought 2 X 1 Litre bottles of Rum and a dozen cans of beer for the grand sum of $36:00 not a bad price, from there we went to the Peruvian market and back on board to prepare for our departure at 4:00 p.m. The departure was held up for about half an hour due to some passengers being delayed getting back to the ship ... read more
South America » Peru » Lima Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more
Welcome to Jim & Colleen's travel blog for 2014, on Tuesday the 20th of May we depart on a 102 night cruise visiting many and varied exotic and not so exotic ports. We depart from Brisbane and return to Sydney on the 31st of August. One of the highlights of this trip will be meeting up with an old Navy mate in Mumbai. From there we head out to Agra for a visit to the Taj Mahal, which will be very exciting. It is a four day trip where we catch planes, trains, rickshaws, and get to spend much time with the locals. After visiting the Taj, we then pick up the ship in Duba... full info