Today we flew back to Lima after a restless night in Cuzco due to lots of fireworks and rain storms, the flight back was pretty smooth and once we arrived we were pleased to find that our luggage hadn't been stolen. We chilled at the hotel for a while and then went out for a chinese, as usual we ordered far too much and asked for the leftovers which we took out and then wandered around Lima trying to find a family to give them to, and as usual we couldn't find one person who looked in need of a meal... in the end we did find a lady who was begging in the street and she looked very pleased, and somewhat bemused to receive a massive bag of chinese takeaway! It's also halloween here and the people really embrace halloween and everyone dresses up and walks the streets with pumpkins and little bags and all the shops and hotels give the kids sweets, it's really nice and even Sam got a lolly.
Tomorrow we will book our bus ticket to Nazca and Sam and Will are going to surf.
Here are a few musings on Peru so far:
1) It smells of wee
2) The people drive like lunatics
3) The indigenous people have beautiful faces and the women have long plaits
4) It has cool places to visit
Hope you're all well. Here's a pic of me and Will drinking Coca tea to combat the altitude sickness - I didn't realise it was made from cocaine leaves... still it made me smile!!
Darlings!!! You both look wonderful....clearly the effects of the coca tea! Will you be more sorry to leave Peru, or the Coca Tea I wonder. It was great to talk to you the other night. We are enjoying following your travels so much. Thank god for the Internet! We had lunch with Grandma and Avril, (the lady next door) yesterday, in a pub in Misson. The Chef phoned me at 9:30 am, because I had said I couldn't have dairy products etc., and he wanted to check what I could, or couldn't have. When we got there, he had made Yorkshire puddings specially for me, using Soya Milk, creamed potatoes with no milk or cream in, and then a bread and butter pudding, using no white sugar, but only very dark muscavado (which I can have a little of!). It was SO nice to be able to eat really nice food and to think someone had gone to such trouble for me. By the way...what a nice thing to do...giving the meal to the lady!
ReplyDeleteI love you all loads.
xxxx Mum