Blogs from Miraflores, Lima, Lima, Peru, South America - page 21

Big plans for our last day! We are going on a boat tour of the Pacific Coast, to an island with a sea lion colony, and going for a swim! We booked the tour thru Ecocruceros ($35/person; drinks and snacks included; http://www.ecocruceros.com/). We found their brochure in the lobby of Hotel Tinkus and walked to the office to make a reservation (it was close to the markets). We ate breakfast at El Patio and took a cab to La Punta in the Callao district. It was a half hour drive and we passed the airport after about 20 minutes. The cabbie dropped us of at Plaza Grau. We found the Ecocruceros booth and checked-in but still had almost an hour before the boat was scheduled to pick us up. We were both hungry so I walked ... read more

It´s our first entry while actually abroad! Today was our first day in Peru. We arrived here in Lima at 1AM yesterday morning after a 7 hour flight to Columbia and then a 3 hour flight to Lima. We actually barely made it since we almost missed our plane from Bogota, Columbia to Lima. While on the flight we were reading our travel guide about what to do in Lima and how to get into town from the airport and noticed the frequent mentioning to beware of scammers. It mentioned specifically to beware of taxi drivers that are agressive and will rob you. Then while in the airport there were multiple other warnings about the same thing. So of course, Hesam and I get out of the airport by like 2 in the morning, have no ... read more

Sunday 27.6.2010 day 256 Our last day in Lima We had our first altitude sickness tablet today ready to go to Cuzco tomorrow as it is 3300m high you can get Altitude sickness especially if you fly it take your body a while to adjust so it is better to take the tablets rather than getting sick and not enjoying out time there. If we feel ok after the first few days then we will stop taking them. We woke up and saw the F1 race in Valencia it was fun to watch as it was not that long ago then we actually drove on the track. It was very sad to see Webbers crash. After the race we went to bfast. Then we went shopping and lunch. There was a Argentina v Mexico world cup ... read more

viernes, 25 de junio Our last bus in South America, at least for this trip. Not necessarily something we'll miss although it could have been so much worse. We headed for Lima, way too early for our flight in 6 days. Thanks STA. Coming through the district of San Isidro Lima liked like the place sh*thole was before it cleaned itself up a bit. Fortunately for us we had located ourselves in Miraflores - much nicer. And outside of Central Lima. It reminds of Recoleta in Buenos Aires i.e. lots of nice houses and BIG gates. There are no dogs on the street either, perfect. It's clean and restaurants are plentiful if generic. Could be okay. Final stretch and I got the sh*ts for the first time. Kenny died of less than this. sabado, 26 de ... read more

I went to Starbucks last Sunday. Now, normally I don't go to U.S. owned chains while I'm traveling, but I'm not gonna lie...I really wanted a Peppermint Mocha (this will not surprise many of you). Nothing sounded better on another cold, grey day in Lima than my favorite hot coffee drink. Besides, sometimes it's just nice to know exactly what you're going to get when you order. And so German friend Eva and I went, excited for the people-watching possibilities. We had chosen to go to a Starbucks in Miraflores, an upper-class neighborhood in Lima, one of the few neighborhoods where typical tourists go. That is nice sometimes when being anywhere else in Lima makes us stand out. Tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed girls don't blend in very well here, so we enjoyed blending in for a bit ... read more