Made it to Lima… again
Our flight finally left around 10pm last night, after
it was supposed to leave at 5:20p. OUr guide from the
Amazon, Luis, was nice enough to connect us with a
friend of his in Lima to pick us up when we arrived
and take us to our hotel, La Casa De Los Sanchez,
which turned out to be very nice; hot water, nice room
and beds, free internet and breakfast and above all
quiet. We didn´t get to sleep until around 3am and
laid around most of the day today. We wanted to just
take an easy day. I did call and book us for Dune
buggying and sand boarding in Ica tomorrow, so that
should be fun.
We decided not to do the Nazca lines
cause we´d have to rush and all you get to do is fly
over them, you can´t go to them, so I figure I can see
pics on the net.
Dianne has to leave early Sunday morning, but I don´t
fly out until the evening, so I´m gonna spend the day
packing and surfing, already found a place to rent a
board. The water´s coldish, but the waves break so
far out there and stay to the shore, so I´m pumped to
ride em. We´re staying in the Casa de los Sanchez for
the next two nights. All of my clothes are nasty from
the jungle but I don´t think I´ll absolutely need to
do laundry till I get home. I can wait two days.
The trip isn´t over yet, but it´s already dying down.
It was a good one though, VERY different then any
other trip, much harder in fact, more mentally taxing
due to the language difference and there´s definately
a difference in social interaction then anywhere else
I´ve been. The customer service is not really there,
but none of the locals seem to mind. It´s different
from say France or Spain though; there you know
they´re purposely ignoring you, here it´s more like a
complete lack of ackowledgement of your presence
unless you make yourself known. And that almost
stretches into person to person interactions but
everyone still says “Hola” or “Buenas Dias” when
passing in the streets. DOn´t get the wrong idea
though, it´s realñly nice in Peru, just different and
takes some getting used to.
Today, we walked around Miraflores and down to the
pebbled beaches. It was a really nice day and I hope
it keeps over the weekend.