Salute!
News in from S. America - the rhodie has landed!
Pips and I arrived in Lima on Tues the 24th and it´s been pretty much a rollercoaster ride since then. The flight was a gruelling 14hr haul, with a stop over in Madrid, crap on flight movies, baby crying, etc, so we weren´t exactly frothing keen to hit the town first night. We stayed at a hostel which is catered for the Lima party animal, and foolishly booked into a 5 man dorm. Big mistake - for me. Pips managed to sleep throught it all (people coming and going, the ping pong table right outside and the pash session from the dude in the single bunk. No holds barred!)
Next day we did a bit of exploring, ate some awesome seafood at the local reataurant, lazed on the grass near the sea front, then the seafood repeated on me - did the 100m dash back to the hotel, Just in time! That night we caught a night bus up to the town of Trujilla. Famous for the Chan Chan ruins (larget mud brick city in the world), the Sun and Moon temples and the Rainbow Temple. Yawn.
We caught a taxi to the nearby beach town of Huanchaco where we´ve just stayed for the past two days. Very quiet surfing town in the summer and pretty much ghost town in the Autumn (now).
We did the tour to the temples, etc yesterday and spent most of today mozeying around Trujilla. If any of you have ever been to New York and seen the yellow cabs there, this place is NY´s big brother. I have never seen so many (crappy) yellow taxi´s in my life. And they don´t have accelerators, just hooters. The stress levels sky rocket in a 10min trip! And amazingly no one seems to crash into anyone else. Bring a Peruvian to London for a day, give him a Hum-V and enjoy!
Tonight we bus it up to the next beach town of Mancora, just before the Equador border. It´s supposed to still be quite warm and I plan on becoming all the surfer dude I can there!
Before winter really sets in here, we plan to have been at as many beach resorts as we can. Hold me.
Not very eventful email I know but I had some spare time, in between watching Ausi embarrass Sri Lanka. Crisis.
Next update - next Monday. Watch this space!
Senior Pete y seniorita Pips
p.s we´re being forced to learn Spanish here, no one speaka the English. I´ve tried the yob way of shouting really loud and speaking slow, and they still don´t get it. GET - ME - A - BEER!!! Adios!
News in from S. America - the rhodie has landed!
Pips and I arrived in Lima on Tues the 24th and it´s been pretty much a rollercoaster ride since then. The flight was a gruelling 14hr haul, with a stop over in Madrid, crap on flight movies, baby crying, etc, so we weren´t exactly frothing keen to hit the town first night. We stayed at a hostel which is catered for the Lima party animal, and foolishly booked into a 5 man dorm. Big mistake - for me. Pips managed to sleep throught it all (people coming and going, the ping pong table right outside and the pash session from the dude in the single bunk. No holds barred!)
Next day we did a bit of exploring, ate some awesome seafood at the local reataurant, lazed on the grass near the sea front, then the seafood repeated on me - did the 100m dash back to the hotel, Just in time! That night we caught a night bus up to the town of Trujilla. Famous for the Chan Chan ruins (larget mud brick city in the world), the Sun and Moon temples and the Rainbow Temple. Yawn.
We caught a taxi to the nearby beach town of Huanchaco where we´ve just stayed for the past two days. Very quiet surfing town in the summer and pretty much ghost town in the Autumn (now).
We did the tour to the temples, etc yesterday and spent most of today mozeying around Trujilla. If any of you have ever been to New York and seen the yellow cabs there, this place is NY´s big brother. I have never seen so many (crappy) yellow taxi´s in my life. And they don´t have accelerators, just hooters. The stress levels sky rocket in a 10min trip! And amazingly no one seems to crash into anyone else. Bring a Peruvian to London for a day, give him a Hum-V and enjoy!
Tonight we bus it up to the next beach town of Mancora, just before the Equador border. It´s supposed to still be quite warm and I plan on becoming all the surfer dude I can there!
Before winter really sets in here, we plan to have been at as many beach resorts as we can. Hold me.
Not very eventful email I know but I had some spare time, in between watching Ausi embarrass Sri Lanka. Crisis.
Next update - next Monday. Watch this space!
Senior Pete y seniorita Pips
p.s we´re being forced to learn Spanish here, no one speaka the English. I´ve tried the yob way of shouting really loud and speaking slow, and they still don´t get it. GET - ME - A - BEER!!! Adios!
