Blogs from Lima, Lima, Lima, Peru, South America - page 30

Well, today is the day that Ted and I head for home. We don´t leave until about midnight & we get back tomorrow morning around 10 am. We have been having fun in Lima. On Sunday, we went to the horse track. That was a lot of fun. We got to sit with the rich people because we are Americans, I guess. It only costs round .80 cents per bet, so it was cheap fun. I came out ahead by about 4 soles & Ted lost about 10 or 15. Ted kept betting the trifecta. I just bet on placing and winning. Anyway, yesterday we went to the fancy mall and watched Agent 86 - it wasn´t very good. It was something to do, though. We then had a crazy taxi driver who took us through ... read more

We´ll starting from where we left off . . . The washing of hair went well. However, the food guessing game, not so well. Quietly confident that we had it al in control, we discovered that this was not the case! Pollo, one would imagine means chicken, in any language, and often through this trip it has been . . . not last night. We are still unsure whether it was guinea pig (as this is the local delicacy) or chicken innards/kidneys . . . our stomachs held it down whatever it was, so all is good. Lima: Day 3 After another night (insert soundscape here) we managed to have a short lie in (considering our mornings have been a lazy 10am start, since holiday mode) then got up, sorted money, bought some staples and chilled ... read more

Eng ver bwlow. Lima niestety byla ostatnim przystankiem w Peru. Miasto nie rozni sie specjalnie od innych duzych miast w Ameryce Poludniowej. Tak jak inne ma sporo slumsow na obrzezach, dzielnice, ktore lepiej omijac, bardziej eleganckie biznesowe i centralny plac, ktory czesto nazywa sie Plaza de Armas. Na Plaza de Armas, fontanna, katedra, inne eleganckie budynki. W Limie ciekawszy jest Plaza de San Martin, ale tylko ze wzgledu na posag Matki Ojczyzny (Madre Patria). Projektant chcial, zeby glowa byla ozdobiona plomieniami (po hiszpansku plomien-llama). Jako, ze llama znaczy rowniez lama, peruwianscy rzemieslinicy, ozdobili glowe malenka lama. Niestety troche kombinowalam z moim aparatem i w rezultacie zdjecia sa bardzo kiepskiej jakosci. Najfajniejsze bylo to, ze moj towarzysz podrozy ma przyjaciol w Limie wiec wreszcie mozna bylo oddedchnac od brudnych hosteli; mlode imprezowe m... read more

Acordamos aqte que cedo, nao eram nem 8 da manha, estamos num ritmos de velho, mas enfim... fizemos uma horinha pra esperar nossa roupa ficar pronta na lavanderia e enquanto isso fomos andar no que se pode chamar de orla de Lima. Nao eh bem orla porque eh bem acima do nivel do mar, mas pelas fotos da pra entender o que eu to falando. Fomos ao parque do casal apaixonado, eh bem ajeitadinha a parte da orla, bem aconchegante, tiramos algumas fotos e demos risadas das nossas proprias palhaçadas, como Lima nao tem nada muito alem, o que ta valendo mesmo eh o bom humor e a idiotice minha e do Zenun. Pegamos nossa roupa almoçamos e fomos ao centro da cidade onde estao os museus e as praças principais da cidade. Visitamos a praça ... read more

Acordamos bem cedo, o cheiro da balada nas roupas e aquela reviravolta no estomago, mas vamo que vamo... pegamos um taxi e estavamos no aeroporto, logo o aviao atrasou 20 minutos pra decolar, so por curiosidade eu NUNCA peguei um aviao que saiu no horario... bom... Dormi no aviao a ponto de nem ver o lanchinho, aviao apertado a poltrona reclinava exatos 2,5 graus, que raiva. Chegamos em Lima, eu nunca tinha visto um ceu daquele, calma, nao era bonito era cinza, completamente cinza, parecia que tinha um lençol no céu, de tao homogeneo que era o cinza. A cidade parecia sao paulo, pudemos avistar sinais de civilizaçao como Pizza Hut, KFC e McDonalds, foi bom se sentir em casa. Fomos para o hostal que planejavamos ficar e estava lotado, seguimos para outro e nao tinha ... read more