Blogs from Lima, Lima, Peru, South America - page 108

Arrived in Lima at 8.30am, and got taxi to Flying Dog Hostel. The taxi driver had some very strange breaking patterns as we weaved in & out of lanes at high speed! Relieved when we final arrived at the hostel, to discover we were at the wrong one, as there was a chain of the same hostel brand within Lima. However we did meet a very friendly hostel cat lazing on a sofa chair! We got assisted across the square to the correct hostel with the help of the tourist police. We checked in & decided to make the most of our last few days in Lima, & our last experience of freedom! The hostel based in the Miraflores area, had a characteristic warehouse style, was brand new with very helpful staff . We walked up ... read more

Well shit, what to say... First off we cant believe its over already, seems like we just got here...needless to say this place is absolutely fuckin amazing...every thing we did and everything we saw was completely different from the last...i think it was the absolute diversity of things that made the trip so amazing, diversity of beautiful landscapes, warm people, a totally different feeling in every country we traveled to... There are however definate highlights that can not be forgotten...firsty, we loved bolivia...we spent a whole month there and went from living in the jungle in the Amazon River Basin, to travelling in a 4x4 for four days through the retardedly cold altiplano and saltfields, to the psycho crazy city of La Paz, to horse back riding where butch Cassidy and that other guy got ... read more

Karolina, my travelling companion, took a flight back home on Monday 23rd July. It is the end of her journey, end of her holidays. I will truly miss her.................................... We spent the last three days in Lima, staying in a hostel in Miraflores. Far away from central Lima but much much safer. Again (i don´t know whether we have been so lucky or whether people in Sth America have fiestas that often) we happened to be there on a day when there was a celebration, pre- independence day that will be held on 28 and 29 this month. We watched a great parade on the streets of Miraflores, in the evening wonderful fireworks. One day, with some people from the hostel, we went out to a recommended seafood restauant to try a Peruvian speciality: ceviche - ... read more

Hello, So far we travelled with two different companies for nighttransport, and we can assure that there is great difference, and luckely for us the difference was great. Were the first nightbus stopped in almost every town, with noisy people getting in and out, seats that could almost not incline, no room for your legs, was the second nightbus good quality, airconditioning, a snack to eat during the trip, and direct connection from Trujillo to Lima and no stops. We arrived early this morning in Lima, the capital of Peru, and you can feel it is wintertime here, we need to wear our pull to walk around the Barranca area, were we stay in a nice hotel for three days, time to deliver some clothes for washing in the laundry, and walk the streets with their ... read more

Lima- Miraflores We arrived exhausted in Lima, still half jetlagged and half due to an early flight so our first day was spent sleeping mostly! We stayed in a suburb of lima called Miraflores as it is safer and there is a beach. The beach is pretty useless as the sun rarely comes out of the clouds!!its nice along the front though. Lima itself is huge , polluted and dangerous at night. Miraflores is quite touristy with lots of cafes restaurants and shops so it was good. We were there when Macchu Picchu was named one of the new 7 wonders so there were lots of celebrations and fireworks. The peruvians seem really friendly which is good, they love to eat guinea pigs though which is disgusting, its the most expensive item on all the ... read more