The Vagrant Gypsy Life

Day 202 Sun 20/3 to day 205 Wed 23/3 Lima

Lazy start to the day in Huacachina as I wait for my bus at Bananas, laying down in a hammock. The bus leaves at 2pm and arrives in Lima at 6:30 pm. After checking in the hostel, I head out for a walk around the neighbourhood of Miraflores.

I spent Monday walking around Miraflores, all the way down to the beach. After 4 to 5 hours of walking, I am tired and head to watch a movie (Unknown) at the local cinema. The movie cost me less than USD 3.00! Back at the hostel, I prepared my dinner, spent some time on the web and fell asleep. I like the hostel as it is quiet and extremely clean, with all the facilities that a traveller could ask for, including fast internet access.

Tuesday was spent walking to the centro, about 7 km away from the hostel. I walked through a few neighbourhoods and spent about 2 hours at the centro. Then it was time to meet a friend from my postgrad days in Rolla, for lunch. Fernando and I had last seen each other in St Louis, more than 11 years ago! I thought he was liviing in Bolivia. I was flabbergasted to receive an email from him saying that he lives in Lima these days. He had seen the photos of Cusco I had uploaded to facebook. FB is proving quite the tool for travellers! We had a very enjoyable time together, eating ceviche, downing a pisco sour (Peruvian/ Chilean national drink. There is a bit of a debate as to who invented the drink.) and catching up on 11 years’ news. Fernando is now married and has 3 children. He also has a fair bit of grey hair. Crazy how time flies! Lunch was about 2.5 hours and I got back to the hostel around 5 pm. Was a bit drunk from the Pisco sour and spent a very relaxed evening.

I woke up Wednesday feeling a bit feverish and decided to take it easy. I decided to get some rest and catch up on emails and some blogging. Went for a walk around the neighbourhood for a couple of hours. I am ready to get on my bus and say goodbye to Lima. If it werent for Fernando, I would have left Tuesday night!

I cannot say that I have fallen in love with Lima. I like big cities, but I havent seen anyting in Lima that endears it to me.

Leave on the bus at 9:30 pm. Cruz del Sur sure does comfort pretty well.

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