Dec 27, 2008 - Three cities, two countries, one day

Well today, I must get up ridiculously early once again and board a flight going the OPPOSITE direction of where I want to go so I can spend 12 hours WAITING there before I go BACK where I came from and end up in La Paz, Bolivia. And all of...

Dec 20, 2008 - Lima, Peru: Gateway to the Andes

Well from Lima, I will hopefully have a nice little rest at my hotel in Miraflores before my early morning flight over and up into the Andes mountains to Cuzco where my pre-trek acclimatization will begin and I will meet up with the other (hopefully fun) people who will accompany...

Dec 19, 2008 - Lima

So far, Lima seems pretty cool. We´re in the area of ... checked out Central Lima and the Monastery of San Francisco - the one with ... the amazing art, architecture and catacombs underneath. Kinda eerie, but cool...

Dec 19, 2008 - On to a great adventure!

Well after a ridiculous departing time of 5;38am!!!!!! and stopping over ... finally arrive in Lima at 2;15 am to check in to this hotel http://www.castellanahotel.com/english. My ... GAP tour for 31 days officially starts. It should be a maximum...

Nov 23, 2008 - Peru - Machu Picchu

I left Argentina in high spirits after a wonderful time there ... correct hotel in Lima with barely enough time for a quick shower and a ... quick turnaround in Lima I spent the day in Cuzco exploring the city which...

Nov 19, 2008 - Lima to Santiago

We were asleep by 8:30 or 9 last night, because we had a painful 3am wake-up call for 4am pick-up, and we've been in the airport since 4:20am. It's now 7:15, and our flight is delayed until at least 8:30, so we ponied-up for day-passes to a lounge, and I'm...

Nov 18, 2008 - Lima, Peru

Ok, aside from the fact that the city is gearing up for the APEC conference (Asian version of OPEC), Norwegian, Radisson & Royal Caribbean all have ships in town today. Yikes! The place is overrun! We saw the Supreme Court, Presidential Palace, Cathedral, Archbishop's Rectory, the San Franciscan Cloister &...