Lima 1. Time - february 2nd and 3rd

This time, I`ll try to make my posts a bit shorter and easier to read:-)

Well, we arrived at Lima on February 2nd just over midnight and got to our prebooked hostel. It was OK, but nothing compared to the very nice hotel-room at Los Girasoles Hotel where we stayed as part of the Amazon To The Andes-trip that started on the 3rd. On the 2nd, we went to look for Internet and ended up spending 4 hours there, because the connection was very slow... After that, we just spent the day stroling around in Miraflores - the part of Lima where we stayed, which is the most expensive, touristic and safe area of Lima. We had coffee at Starbucks (:-)!), and for dinner, we had an American Night (missing Jorge and Katrine) at Burger King and a movie afterwards (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - good movie!). On the 3rd, we did a 3-hours guided tour round Lima and saw Miraflores, Lima Centre with eg. Plaza Mayor in front of the Cathedral. There, we saw a dancing show with traditional peruvian dances - in one of them, the men wore wooden masks with white faces and painted beard. Originally, they were supposed to make fun of the Spanish conquistadors who conquered Peru - the Spanish had white skin and long/sharp noses as opposed to the peruvian dark skin and flat noses... We also saw the San Fernando convent and had a good tour around Lima.

In the afternoon, we moved to the Girasoles Hotel, and then we went to the cliff by the beach, where you can do Paragliding!! We tried it and enjoyed it VERY much! It was so cool to hang up there in a few strings and see the city from above! Have a look:

Hanging in there...!
Me and the instructor in the air..

In the evening we had an info meeting with the other 6 people (Jess, Gav, Lisa, Dan, Gene, Helen) with whom we were to do the Andes-tour. After that, we went out for dinner, and so it all began...