Blogs from Barranco, Lima, Lima, Peru, South America - page 4

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 area about half an hours walk away, either along the beach or along the cliff tops.. either is a pretty cool walk. Our hostel is fine and the people all seem friendly enough. A promising start. Central Lima is another matter. We got a cab ride there on wedesday and were in town for about 2 hours before cabbing straight back to Miraflores.. ... read more

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 few other knick knacks. The flight to New Zealand was around 12 hours and we both slept for about 7 - 8 hours of it so it went pretty quick, then we had two hours to kill in New Zealand so we ended up watching some of Wimbledon (Hewitt and Roddick) Couldn’t get ... read more

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 (it´s in Essex for those of you who don´t know) - Birmingham - Newark - Lima. So as you can imagine there hasn´t 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 and bustle of Lima for the past couple of days. We´re staying in Barranco, a seaside suburb outside of the city centre, and what a good idea that was after experiencing "downtown" yesterday. I guess it´s pretty much the same as every major city centre, busy, noisy and polluted but we weren´t expecting it to be so hot and pretty ... read more

okay...So........okay I´m in Peru people...! Like Inca Kola and soles for your shoes - or dollars if you´re a fat american and you run round the middle of town telling all the locals...´you can rip me off if you want cos I´m american and I like McDonalds´...Still trying to get a hold of this bartering bollox!.. seller: that´ll be 10 potatoes... me:well, I only have 5 in my pocket.... seller: that will be 10 potatoes (bear in mind we are speaking different languages at this point also!) me: okay okay..how about 7 potatoes, prepeeled and the ugly bits cut out and everything...! surely that sounds a deal... seller: 10 potatoes... me: dead on, take your bloomin 10 potatoes and give me my frickin wristband that makes me look like an extra out of the fruit troop ... read more

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 get access to the books you have to give the Dewey card to the librarian who will collect it from a locked room. When we went during the day it was a sleepy little area on a cliff overlooking the sea, but seemed to have a good night strip with clubs and pubs. The photos speak for themselves. ... read more