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South America » Peru » Lima » San Bartola October 20th 2010

Oct 18 We had meet a chap some months back in Chile and after chatting he was interested in us creating a new website for his hostel which was in the process of an overhaul. After reacquainting ourselves with Arequipa we decided to head north and check out his place. It is situated an hour south of Lima and we were greeted with the usual grey Lima climate, no matter it was nice to settle in and know we would be there for a wee while. At the time the hostel was a mine of cement laying, jack hammers, painters and the usual rowdy construction folks. Electric saws, sanders and the roars of boisterous workmen arouse us gently daily from our slumber. San Bartolo is a wee bay well known for its breaks therefore a surfers ... read more

South American ways of life

South America » Peru » Lima » San Bartola August 3rd 2010

pothole

zuzuzu72

Peru day went off with a bang……pity it was the night before we thought it was to be although the fireworks exploding in the twilight sky should have been a giveaway any way while Arequipa was an explosion of red and white flags we missed the celebrations but considering the amount of festivals we have actually wandered into accidentally we will probably live to see another day. We are now in Lima, staying with a friend in a nearby seaside town called San Bartolo, he is doing up his newly purchased hostel and we are helping him out to get things up and running. I have noticed over the years the little nuances that are uniquely latin, some of these observations may not be too flattering to some places but if you read back on my ... read more

Happy Holidays

South America » Peru » Lima » San Bartola January 23rd 2007

San Bartola

johnboyellis

Myself and Pete arrived in San Bartola a week before Emma and Eva were due to arrive. We had a look around all the accomodation on offer and checked into a nice hotel right on the beach. San Bartola is 45 minutes south of Lima. At weekends it gets busy, as lots of people from Lima have holiday homes here and come to spend Saturday and Sunday on the beach. The plan was to organise some accomodation for the girls arrival, and then head further south for a few days. However, when we got to the bus stop on the Pam American Highway, none of the buses would take us because of our boards. For the first time we were stuck and had no other choice but to sit tight and wait for the girls to ... read more

Brief history of Peru

Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1...more history

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