Laander

Finally, after flying from Copenhagen to London, sleeping/chilling in the Heathrow for 10 hours, flying from London to Madrid, waiting another 6 hours and finally taking a 11 hour plane to Lima – I am here!

The first day in Lima was pretty relaxed, yet interesting. In the airport, I met 3 German girls that were around my own age (two of them were named Maria, the last one I don’t remember). They we’re pretty much in the same situation as me, but with the advantage that they already booked a Bed & Breakfast in northern Lima and I didn’t yet. None-the-less, I hooked up with them and traveled to the small casa in Los Olivos in a red pickup truck driven by the owners’ husband.

The house was a private home owned by Miriam (they have a website I found: www.lima1night.com). It was a nice stay; I got my own 3 bed’ed room with breakfast included in the morning. Also, transport to and from the aeropuerto was included in the already cheap price, so it was a bargain. Miriam even helped me call a hostel for the day after and booked a room for me.

When arriving the following day at B&B Jose Luis, which is located in Miraflores – the nicest part of Lima –, I was met by a huge and really cool warren. I got a room, went for some lunch (chicken) and then met two interesting gringos (meaning non-indigenous travelers, typically backpackers). The woman was from Hawaii and had 6 children altogether: one was a poker player in Las Vegas, one traveled with her around South America and two actually did music with Joey Moe (who is a Danish, kind of famous, hip-hop artist) in the U.S. Apparently her son had lost his passport and were forced to immigrate Peru illegally from Ecuador – pretty crazy! Thomas, the other one, was from Oregon in U.S. and came from Ecuador also, after a long stay there. His profession was, as far as I remember, being a doctor with specialty in Lung Surgery. He had relatives in Finland, which was the closest relation between each other we could find.

This evening, I went to central Miraflores in Lima with him and had some dinner at a local restaurant – in Peru, their specialty is Cervice, which is lime marinated raw fish – very good! Also, we went by a Casino, but my 5 bucks unfortunately didn’t have any luck in ‘em ☺

Anyway, just a little heads up from Lima – It’s awesome to finally be traveling and it has been a great first few days to shoot the trip off! There’s a few pics and a vid below for you to check out:

• Pictures from the first few days (at Flickr)

• Video compilation (at Viddler)

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