Jet Lagged in Lima

Well we have arrived safe and sound in Lima.

Have not done or seen much as have just been recovering from a long flight inlcuding an 8 hour stopover in Argentina with not much much to do but try and sleep unsuccessfully on the airport seats.

After spending the last month making fun of Jo's "trekking shoes" (i ignored the advice from the guy in the shoe store and went for looks over functionality) karma caught up to me on the sidewalks of Miraflores, I spent most of the day trying not to stack it on the wet footpaths...obviously the shoe store guy failed to tell me my shoe soles are made from some form of solid vaseline.  Jo on the other hand in her high tech fancy shoes had no problems.  I am now dreading the day I have to take these babies off-road.

Speaking of off-road we did manage to accomplish one thing today and that was book our Inca Trail tour to see Macchu Pichu..unfortuntely the earliest we could get was 30th of September so we have a couple of months to kill.

Off north tomorrow to try and find some sun in one of the beach towns called Trujillo.

Jo's Bit

Something for Dani, Where in the world are Craig and Jo?....LIMA.

Compared to Craig I am not suffering as much from jet lag as I am the queen of sleeping and managed to sleep on the plane and on the seats.  Poor Craig on the other hand has suffered quite a bit and has now come down with a cold.

Luckily I did take the store guys advice and buy the ugly blue shoes because everyone knows my track record when it comes to falling over.

My first impression of Peru has been very good.  Unlike most of the other places I have visited I haven't been hastled for being a tourist.  As much as we tried not to look like tourists we do stick out a lot.  Besides the language it has been easy to interact with everyone.

Two pieces of advice, pay attention in your Spanish Class and try and listen to a real conversation instead of only the ones in the class room.  The main difficulty I have found is that everyone speaks so fast.  We encountered our first difficulty when we tried to book the Inca Trail and it took about 3 hours.  First we couldn't explain what a trek was and then we couldn't explain that we were finding our own way to Cusco.  Between the little English the agent spoke, the little Spanish we spoke, talking very slowly and a lot of pointing we did it.

The second is make sure you take Craig with you.  If it was up to me we would be stuffed.  Craig and his lonely planet guide are essential tools for travelling.

Hint for the day to type @ on a spanish keyboard it is Alt 6 and 4.