A clear day in Lima No hot water, still no hot water and no hot water. After a while they got there s*** together, but at 4pm so you would hope so. The breakfast was possibly the laziest we have come across. Cold coffee, no tea and just a bag of bread rolls on the bench. Today in Lima it was actually clear, with some blue sky, so we walked to the beach. In Miraflores, on a sunday, they close the main road from 6am to 12 so everyone can ride bikes and play spor...

The Cinema, take 2 Another cold shower in this hostel praised in reviews for its hot showers. We changed hostels from downtown Lima to a touristy and busy area called Miraflores. We arrived around midday to checkin but the room isn't ready so we walked around and sat in the common area. The cleaning lady was possibly the slowest bed maker in history! I think I could do the whole 6 beds in the dark with one arm and limping in the time it took her to strip a bed. ...

28/6 Historic centre We walked through the fog and misty rain into the historic centre of Lima. It is an interesting city, however it has been sacked a couple of times and many of the building rebuilt. During winter, the city is covered for months and is a foggy ghost town of a city. We arrived in the centre, in the Plaza de Armas where the drizzle increased. Sarah explained this is what England is like and you usually escape it for a bit by picking up a hot cho...

Ica to Lima A nice and lazy morning. Our great achievement, we booked our flights to Germany! The end is now booked. We caught a bus to Lima, sadly away from our oasis. The trip from Ica to Lima was straight from a science fiction movie. It was a desert, with a constant feel of ghost town all the way. There was a fog which made it hard to see very far, it reminded me of the 'radioactive or contaminated' air in the films. When we arrived in Lima, there was fog...