Destination: Peru
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Wed, 23 Mar 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [368]
Mama dropped us at Lima airport, gotta love mama! Super small plane to Cuzco, dramatic scenery as you come in - one side green Andeas, the other the brown tile roof tops, plus I always love getting down on the tarmac. While here we are doing ... Read more >
Tue, 22 Mar 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [320] | Comments [1]
that's a tshirt slogan I plan on making. We hired bikes from Peru hire (bike tours of Lima) and headed out for 4 hours. headed along the malecon and
to parts of the historical centre. A city is better, you can discover more, and go further on a bike.... Read more >
Mon, 21 Mar 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [248]
Headed to another trendy beachside suburb, south west of central Lima called Barranco. You really are smashed in like sardines when using public transport in massive cities...I just love having a crutch in my face. Barranco's cool, we walked a fair way ... Read more >
Fri, 18 Mar 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [235]
spent most of the day chilling at mamas with the highlight being a trip to the park at night to see the magical water circuit. It's a series of waterfalls around a nice green park with coloured lights and spectacular water tricks. we played with night ... Read more >
Thu, 17 Mar 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [272]
Started the day at Kennedy Park, where cats hang...? and I don't mean cool cats. Mike found himself the lucky participant in a social experiment (which he bloody lives for) about keeping the parks clean. It was sort of like a candid camera setup because ... Read more >
Wed, 16 Mar 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [291]
Grabbed Mama's metro card and headed out to see how to city works. Like the Opal, Oyster...easy system, love it. Metro system is a new thing in Lima...to assist the 9 million residence!!!!!!!!! That's a lot of people compared with Sydney's 4 mill...but ... Read more >
Tue, 15 Mar 2016 | By excellentadventure | Views [268]
Norma and Ale also did a similar breakfast. They also had a parrot "Goldie" who was a gun at mimicking whistles! We got the hell out of the casa when the Zika fumigation crew came to yet another one of our casas (we love it how in Australia it's ... Read more >
Thu, 4 Feb 2016 | By pattyrae | Views [745] | Comments [3]
Tomorrow is my last day in Lima. I can’t believe how quickly the time has passed. I have learned a tremendous amount in a very short time and I have met some of the most incredible and interesting people from all walks of life, ages and countries.... Read more >
Sun, 31 Jan 2016 | By pattyrae | Views [537] | Comments [1]
I didn’t plan to write much more before I left for Chile, but I want to share this.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in another country where you didn’t totally understand the language, but knew just enough to think, ... Read more >
Sat, 30 Jan 2016 | By pattyrae | Views [550] | Comments [1]
Buenos Dias!
Wow! I can’t believe how quickly the time is going for me! I just finished my third week of classes at Ecela. My week was filled with school in the morning and then to the library to study for 2-4 hours each day. There are ... Read more >
Mon, 25 Jan 2016 | By pattyrae | Views [715] | Comments [1]
Saludos!
Yesterday, I had the privilege to be a part of the birthday celebration for the matriarch of the family whom I live with. Grandma Olinda turned a young eighty-six years old yesterday. I say “young” because she can outdo ... Read more >
Tue, 19 Jan 2016 | By pattyrae | Views [668] | Comments [2]
Saludos!
I can't believe I am well into the second week here. The time is quickly passing!
I went on some tours this week-end to learn a little bit more about the country of Peru. On Saturday, I went with three other women to Centro Lima where ... Read more >
Fri, 15 Jan 2016 | By pattyrae | Views [626] | Comments [1]
Saludos!
I can't believe week one is finished. My son, Justin, told me that I would be challenged by the total immersion experience. Those weren't exactly his words, but that was the gist of it. That is an understatement!! I feel like I'm drinking ... Read more >
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 | By pattyrae | Photo Gallery
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