Lima!

Having an awesome time. Love Lima. The people are friendly and the city is bustling and interesting. Lots of great shopping, so much so that it is a bit overwhelming. Fear not, I am able to overcome such things. I'm going to try to upload a few more photos.

It wasn't until after I took the photos of the griffins or maybe they are gargoyles that I realized what they were... Doing. Erotica is common in this culture and expressed in many arts.

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Monastery in Lima

We visited the monastery in Lima this morning, including catacombs from 15th century. Creepy and awesome. The architecture is incredible, simple and functional.

Brad

Day 1

We are headed out for a tour of Lima this morning. Shopping this afternoon and the parque de la reservations this afternoon.  Hoping for plenty of photo ops. 

Brad

Casa Andina Miraflores

Quite an uneventful trip. Expect for the one hour delay w the plane fully loaded and babies crying, no a/c. You gotta love summer time travel. It is 1:15 local time, wehave been up for 20 hours. We hitit first thing in morning, breakfast and tour of Lima, afternoon on our own and a welcome dinner. Most of our group are from NJ, friends travelling together. They seem nice. Time for some sleep....

Brad

And away we go.....

Looks like the weather will be much nicer in Lima than in SoCal. Sitting waiting to board and VERY nervous about leaving the US. 6 hour flight to Lima and the plane is completely full. Next post from South America. 

Brad

Good times

We spent the afternoon with our dear friends Ruth and David Gomez, their amazing daughter Caitlin, her husband Constantin and their daughter Zoe. Ruth has encouraged us to travel while we are able. That encouragement and Lisa's remission are why we are taking "bucket list" trips in our 50's instead of waiting. Wheels up at 5:30am. Time to get some sleep, but the mind is spinning...... Where is my passport?

Brad

 

Introductions

Pudgy Bunny and Donkey will be traveling with us to Peru. Thought I should make introductions before we leave. 

Here we go!

Sitting at breakfast wondering what adventures lie ahead. Having lunch to day w La Familia Gomez, including the new addition Zoe. 

Almost Ready............

We are getting ready for our adventure! A trip to South America, visiting Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca and the Uros Islands with 3 days in Lima. While very excited, there is a bit of reticence about being away from the ranch for nearly 2 weeks. This is a whirlwind tour of Peru and we will be going most of the time with very little down time, a major change for me as I usually like to be planted on the north shore of the Big Island sitting on the beach and enjoying the scenery...........

We leave Sunday morning and arrive in Lima late that evening. We have plenty of places to visit and of course Lisa has plenty of shopping planned. I am looking forward to seeing the Parque de la Reserva and the water show. Here is a website link: http://parquedelareserva.com.pe/indexIn.html.  There will be plenty of seafood to enjoy with ceviche being touted as one of the specialties of Lima.

The architecture will also be interesting. Cusco will have Inca walls and structures built with amazing precision. Of course seeing alpacas in their native environment will also be exciting.

We intend to post pictures and update the blog as time permits.

Brad

Preparations

Preparations for our trip continue. Yesterday we purchased a couple of international outlet adapters and a backup battery. We arranged for international plans for our phones too so we can talk and text on a limited basis. Email and uploads to this blog will have to wait until we are at a hotel. I've heard that even there connections are SLOW. Oh well, we'll just have to enjoy PERU.

Typical for us, probably for other people too, everything is breaking before we leave. Yesterday we had a guy on the roof repairing our air conditioner. The hot water in the kitchen just trickles. What's up with that?? Also, I leave on a road trip to Montana about 36 hours after we get home from Peru. I will deliver our handsome Mr. Cash to Kim & Mike Q and pick up our new dog Turk. Renee is coming with me. That trip should be both hellish AND fun. We will drive through yellowstone national park and Grand Teton National Park on our way home.

So, of course we decided to do some major fence repair/replacement before we leave. We want to be absolutely certain Turk will be safe when he arrives. Whew, we are beat!

Posted by Lisa

Back to Peru!

Hello Friends!

I am the luckiest girl! I was fortunate enough to visit Peru in November of 2007. I was there for 18 days with 14 Canadian friends. It was a great trip and I have waited patiently (well, maybe not patiently) to return. I will be returning this July (2014) and this time Brad will be joining me.

It's gonna be a great trip. We will fly into Lima, spend a day there then on to Cusco, several Incan ruins, Machu Pichu, Puna and Lake Titicaca. I will get to see many of the things I loved in my first visit again AND see lots of new things too.

I am just getting this blog up and running with this post and I thought I'd include a few photos from my first trip. Brad and I will be uploading our thoughts and some photos as often as we are able while in Peru. More soon.