Blogs from Lima, Lima, Peru, South America - page 95

Back to sea level after two months in the mountains Lima is very different to the rest of Peru. With 8.2 million people it's by far the largest city in the country (next biggest is Arequipa with 760,000), and after spending so long in the lovely city of Cusco, arriving in the capital was a complete culture shock. Two days isn't long enough to fairly judge a city the size of Lima, but in a country with so many other attractions, two days was plenty for us - I think we were both relieved to move on from Lima to the mountains of Huaraz. We travelled direct from Cusco to Lima on an overnight Cruz del Sur bus. The bus left late, at 4pm instead of 2pm, so we missed out on the supposed excellent scenery ... read more

Woke up and made breakfast of avocado, tomatoes and toast crackers. pac ked up our stuff. Walked to seafront and had lunch in saefront shopping centre called Larcomar. waled through miraflores centre to sipermarket to get food for trip. bus to cusco leaves at 1730 and arrives next day at 1130.... read more

Von Arequipa aus fuhren wir mehr als 6´000 Hoehenmeter herunter nach Porto Inca, wo wir zwei Naechte blieben. Es war schoen, mals nichts zu tun. Nachher fuhren wir nach Nazca wo wir wieder campierten. Nazca ist beruehmt fuer seiine Nazcalinien. Sie bilden ein Netz von ueber 800 Linien, 300 geometrischen Figuren (Geoglyphen) und etwa 70 Tier- und Plfanzenzeichnungen auf einer trockenen Ebene von rund 500 km2. Die Linien sind nur aus der Luft zu erkennen und entstanden ca. 900 bis 600 vor Christus! Wir bestiegen deshalb ein kleines Flugzeug um die Figuren von oben zu betrachten. War ein ziemlich ruckliger Flug und mein Nachbar musste sich uebergeben. Ich war dann auch froh, als wir wieder sicheren Boden unter den Fuessen hatten. Am naechsten Tag fuhren wir schon um 05.30 h los nachdem wir alles zusammengepackt hatten. ... read more

After months of should I and shouldn't I's when I knew all along I should have - I decided to quit work from the hotel industry to experience an early retirement (well for at least a year) get out there and see the world. Next on my list - Peru. In fact Peru/South America has been on my hit list for years and since I was located in Mexico, it was inevitable I would make my way south. So here I am - in Lima Airport at the brilliant Starbucks cafe - where one can find wi-fi free of charge for us 'posh backpackers with laptops'... I've never seen so many backpackers in one airport - its really surreal and no doubt I'll see them hiking in the mountains too... MY MISSION: of learning to speak ... read more

Lima é a capital do Peru e tem aproximadamente 9 milhões de habitantes, 1/3 da população do Peru, o que a torna um lugar muito variado, tendo o melhor e o pior do Peru. Foi fundada por Francisco Pizarro em 1535 com o nome Ciudad de los Reyes. O nome actual provém provavelmente do ser rio Rimac. Estende-se ao longo de 100 km, incluindo o distrito de Callao, e é composta por 43 distritos. Por tanto, ou se está com um nativo e se anda de autocarro (cada viagem custa cerca de 2,5 Soles), ou se anda de Taxi, e qualquer deslocação demora meia hora (!), no entato as viagens de taxi rondam sempre os 8 - 10 Soles, o que é muito acessivel. Quanto à perigosidade, não tenho razão de queixa. A opinião dos peruanos ... read more