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Published: December 27th 2006
On Christmas Day...
...the Limeños head for the beach... And so did we!Two hours late to Lima from
Los Angeles, we finally arrived at our hostel in Barranco, Lima, by 2 am on X-mas Day. Barranco's Backpackers Inn can really be recommended: safe area/hostel with nice rooms and great breakfast. (we were fed even though we overslept by about an hour and a half the first morning!) Having wolfed down some lovely bread, hot chocolate and a banana we headed for the beach (5 minutes' walk, downhill) as it was really sunny, and besides, the whole town seemed to be down there as well... We only stayed for about an hour though, with pasty skin frying yourself 15 degrees south of the equator isn't a terrible good idea :/ Then we walked round the area for most of the day, before sitting down in a sunset-facing restaurant above the beach.
At 6.15 the following morning we were picked up by Alberto, who drove us to Waikiki Beach for some early morning surfing. Finally H got to try a longboard! The waves were just the right size, the water not too cold (even in a shortie), and Alberto was fantastic and gave us loads of encouraging comments about what we did wrong. (of course,
My name is Cookie!
This guy sat on a fence in Barranco. He chatted away like crazy until he was put on D's shoulder... we were fantastic, but still 😉 If anyone is looking for a surf (or fishing!) trip around Lima let us know and we'll pass on his contact details! Then back to the hostel for breakfast. Yum!
After breakfast we headed out again, and spotted a parrot called Cookie (or the Spanish equivalent) sitting on a fence talking loudly to himself. His owner sat him on Ds shoulder, but then he became quiet.
With some luck, and using our very poor Spanish, we managed to get on a bus that took us into the centre of Lima - and got off it at almost the right place as well - the bus drivers here talk very very fast but everyone did their best to help us out without us even asking! We walked round there for a bit looking at the beautiful architecture. However, we thought it wasn't too exciting otherwise so took another bus to Miraflores (the area next to Barranco, also by the sea). That was a lot nicer (and felt safer) and more tranquil than the centre, but not as laid-back as Barranco. Miraflores is a lot more tourist-oriented than Barranco, and we thought we'd picked
Our hostel
Top left, pale yellow building with a slim tree in front of it. a good place to stay.
After dinner we headed back to the hostel as our flight to Cusco (
Qo'sqo: the navel of the world) left early next morning...
Tva timmar sena fran
Los Angeles till Lima kom vi antligen till vart vandrarhem i Barranco, Lima, klockan 2 pa juldagsmorgonen. Barranco's Backpackers Inn kan rekommenderas: sakert omrade/vandrarhem med trevliga rum och kanonfrukost. (vi blev matade fast vi forsov oss med ungefar en och en halv timme forsta morgonen) Efter att ha slukat gott brod, varm choklad och banan gick vi ner pa stranden (5 minuters promenad, nerfor en backe) eftersom solen sken, och resten av stan tycktes ha haft samma ide... Vi stannade bara en timme dock, som blekisar ar det ingen bra ide att steka sig 15 grader soder om ekvatorn :/ Sen knallade vi runt omradet resten av dan innan vi satte oss pa en restaurang ovanfor stranden med utsikt over solnedgangen.
Klockan 6.15 nasta morgon blev vi hamtade av Alberto, som korde oss till Waikiki Beach for lite morgonsurf. Ha fick antligen prova en longboard! Vagorna var perfekt storlek, vattnet var inte for kallt (ens i en kortarmad/-bent vatdrakt), och Alberto var fantastisk och gav oss massor av uppmuntrande kommentarer
nar vi gjorde nagot fel. (vi var naturligtvis skitbra, men anda 😉 Om nagon vill aka pa surftripp (eller fisketur!) runt Lima sag till sa skickar vi hans email/mobilnummer! Sen akte vi tillbaka till vandrarhemmet och at frukost. Mums!
Efter frukosten gich vi ut igen, och traffade pa en papegoja vid namn Cookie (fast pa spanska da) uppflugen pa ett staket, hogljutt pratandes for sig salv. Hans husse satte honom pa Ds axel, men da blev han tyst.
Med lite tur, och var usla spanska, lyckades vi hoppa pa en buss som gich till centrala Lima - och kom av den pa nastan ratt stalle dessutom - chaffisarna pratar valdigt valdigt fort har men de ovriga passagerarna hjalpte oss tillratta utan att vi end bad on hjalp! Vi gick omkring en stund och tittade pa arkitekturen. Vi tyckte dock inte att centrum var sa varst skoj sa vi tog en ny buss till Miraflores (omradet som angransar till Barranco, och ocksa ligger vid havet). Det var trevligare (och kandes sakrare) och lugnare an centrum, men inte sa avslappnat som Barranco, och vi tyckte vi valt ett bra stalle att bo pa.
Efter middagen var det hog tid
att dra oss tillbaka till vandrarhemmet innan vart flyg till Cusco (
Qo'sqo: the navel of the world) tidigt nasta morgon...
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