There are people on the streets trying to sell you things, or have you take a photo and pay for it. They walk around with llamas or little goats for you to pose with, but you have to pay. When it started raining they put their things away and brought out raincoats and umbrellas! There are so many wonderful things for sale in the shops but Pepe says to wait for the markets. I haven't bought anything yet, not even a postcard - just not had a chance! But later that ...

This morning we had a really early start - ready for a 6am brekkie, with bags outside our room, ready for departure at 7am. It took forever to get to the airport, the traffic is nightmarish - as many cars across the width of the road that will fit, never mind the lane markings. At one stage the man in the car next to us was reading his newspaper as he was inching forward. We were much later arriving at the airport than requested, but that didn't seem to matter be...

This morning we awoke at 6am, which was the exact right time, surprisingly. We went downstairs and were joined by Ron from Maroochydore. At 9am we met up with the whole group for our tour of Lima. We have two couples that arrived late last night who are from Heathcote, and a nice couple from Newcastle, and a mother and son originally from Malaysia but now from Sydney. We drove into old Lima - Miraflores is out of town on the coast, part of the "new" area of Lima,...

Wow - what a great start to our trip! Just cross my fingers and hope the next 32 days are just as smooth! (Somehow I doubt it). Chari took us up to the station at 7am (yes, I've been up since 4am - who needs an alarm?) and the train was on time and a super express! We were at Central by 9am! Then the train out to the airport - all good! The opal card helps make everything run smoothly - no lining up at the ticket machine, searching for change, hoping to get chang...

This is just added so that the map starts from home