A week in the big city
Well, here I am after spending a week in Lima, Peru. It’s so good to be here! Once I got off the plane and into a taxi to my hostel at 12:30am, huge waves of nostalgia set in. Like I had been here before. The heat, the sounds of the honking cars, the crazy drivers, the smell of a third world capital city, the adrenaline of getting off the plane, all too familiar. I was quite happy to be here. Still am.
I’ve had an excellent week here, done a bit of everything really, beach, museums, discos, nothing in particular, it’s great. The hostel manager, Frances, is great! He likes to drive us around, tells us all the good places to go for whatever we want to do. The other day he crammed 5 of us in the back and 3 into the front of his 4 door BMW and drove us around town. We got pulled over… for speeding no less!! $55 ticket for him but they didn’t say anything about the amount of passengers he was carrying. Until we got pulled over again 20 mins later after we dropped 2 guys off at the airport. This time we had 3 in the front and 3 in the back. Apparently 4 in the back is more legal than 3 in the front. Anyways, I got to witness my first bit of latino corruption. 10 soles to the cop got us free, which is about $3.50.
February is Carnaval month and they celebrate it here with water balloons and squirt guns. Mostly the kids get you while you’re walking down the street or if you have your car window open. Not really a huge bummer if you get hit cause usually you’re sweating anyhow so a bit of a shower is a good thing. As long as the camera is safe. Another interesting thing I learned here is that they steal the powerlines in the night and sell the copper to different companies. I imagine companies who make power lines??? Crazy.
Thursday I’m heading to a little surf town on the north coast near Ecuador called Mancora for a week or so in a hammock. Only 14 hours on a bus!
Love you and Miss you!!
Tags: In Peru, Lima, Travel
lunchladysue
Glad that you are enjoying your holiday. It was nice to read what you wrote. Auntie Kathie is still in hospital in Surrey. She will need open heart surgery when she returns to Wpeg. Really cold here this week but the sun is shining. Look forward to your next entry.
Luv you – Baba
Hey Soupie,
Its good to hear that you made it there safely!
Hope you are having a super wonderful time…oh and just so you know…I have just decided since I can’t afford to go travelling at this time of my life, I will just live through yours!! 😀
Take care,
Love Stephanie
Hi Sue, It sound like you are having a great time so far! Enjoy your time in the hammock! It is really cold here (-7 with wind) so enjoy your time in the sun too! I am super excited about being able to read your blogs and look forward to your next one! Have a great time!
Love Amanda
Hey babe,
Hows it going? I’m doing great. The route misses you. I guess I’m just not the same. Thats okay. Glad to hear you are having fun. I’m very jelous. It is so cold here that Rachel got to skate on the pond yesterday. Just to let you know i did get you banking info it was the same as you gave me before you left, so not to worry. The reason I have not put any money in is that I spent it.SORRY! However as of today I have already got more than two thirds collected for you, so not to worry. I tried to text message you two minutes after you text messaged me,I guess it didn’t work. Anyways I miss you but glad you doing all the things I would like to do. See you in five months. Hear from you sooner.
Lots of love from all of us Robilliards