January 2009
8 posts
Trujillo
Trujillo is so pretty! On first arrival, I was like, this isn’t so great,but it really is! The buildings are so old and colonial, and the whole place has a relaxed vibe about it. The first moment we get there, we are leapt on by taxistas, as always but it’s way easier having Alejandro around, cos they tend to fuck around less with locals or other South Americans! We get an old dude who...
Lima!
I arrive in Lima at about 4.30 or 5pm, relieved cos I didn’t want to end up there in the dark….however(as many other travellers have told me) I decide to stay in Miraflores, a residential suberb, instead of the downtown, which is where I stayed when I first got to Peru and it is terrifying! I soon discover, however, taht aside from being far away and expensive, many taxi drivers are...
Lima, Trujillo.....pics →
Nasca etc pics →
last days in Arequipa...pics →
New year pics etc etc →
Huacachina...desert Oasis!12-01-09
I arrive in Ica from Nasca, about 4 hours by bus. The first thing that strikes me are the weird golf-caddy type taxis buzzing about, some of them are pimped with spiderweb designs and flames, it´s so funny. I estimate I can run faster. After 4 months of fuckall exercise! haha
Anyways, there is not much of interest in Ica either, and I am aware that having spent 3 months in Arequipa, my resources...
Leaving Arequipa....First stop- Nasca!°11-01-09
I left Arequipa last night, felt so sad to leave Alberto, we will meet up hopefully in Bolivia in a few months but it was a super sad ´see you later´.
The overnight bus journey to Nasca was uneventful, arrived at about 7.30am, unfortunately on a Sunday-I have learned my lesson, DON´T TRAVEL TO A NEW PLACE ON A SUNDAY! Everything was shut, and for the first time I had to carry all my stuff(the...