Well... Not really, but we are in Peru and we did find Paddington Bear within the first couple of hours on the ground in Lima.
First things first though; we flew in via Madrid and lost a couple of hours due to delays - this was quite welcome however, as it meant we arrived (20 hours later) at a slightly more manageable 7am. We threw our bags down in our rather simple (but nice!) B&B and strolled out to investigate our surroundings.
Our surroundings were the district of Miraflores; the police and security guard laden tourist epicentre of Lima. Safe and easy certainly, but friends and guide books had scared us (me) away from almost anywhere else, and anyway, a simple start to ease us back into our travels seemed quite reasonable and sensible.
Kennedy Park is the hub of Miraflores, so we headed that way first. En route we landed straight in Central park instead, and within that we noticed cats... lots and lots of cats.
I've neglected to find out why they are all here but, although all seem stray, they are generally a healthy and very friendly bunch. We sat around petting the little fellas till our need for coffee grew, then headed off to explore more [we would, of course, head back to see the cats frequently everyday].
What did we find? Well, not a great deal to be honest - Lima was always just an essential stop off on the way to Cusco three days later. We found Paddington (obvs), a few small parks, some pre-Inca Ruins, a shopping centre and some nice restaurants. We ventured into the city centre proper, checked out the main square (Plaza de Armas) and fumbled around with some poor attempts at the Spanish language.
Most of all we simply found our travelling heads and legs again. On our fouth morning we bid farewell to our helpful and friendly host at the B&B, locked ourselves securely in our awaiting taxi and headed off to collect our flight. More adventurous times are planned in Cusco...
First things first though; we flew in via Madrid and lost a couple of hours due to delays - this was quite welcome however, as it meant we arrived (20 hours later) at a slightly more manageable 7am. We threw our bags down in our rather simple (but nice!) B&B and strolled out to investigate our surroundings.
Our surroundings were the district of Miraflores; the police and security guard laden tourist epicentre of Lima. Safe and easy certainly, but friends and guide books had scared us (me) away from almost anywhere else, and anyway, a simple start to ease us back into our travels seemed quite reasonable and sensible.
Kennedy Park is the hub of Miraflores, so we headed that way first. En route we landed straight in Central park instead, and within that we noticed cats... lots and lots of cats.
I've neglected to find out why they are all here but, although all seem stray, they are generally a healthy and very friendly bunch. We sat around petting the little fellas till our need for coffee grew, then headed off to explore more [we would, of course, head back to see the cats frequently everyday].
What did we find? Well, not a great deal to be honest - Lima was always just an essential stop off on the way to Cusco three days later. We found Paddington (obvs), a few small parks, some pre-Inca Ruins, a shopping centre and some nice restaurants. We ventured into the city centre proper, checked out the main square (Plaza de Armas) and fumbled around with some poor attempts at the Spanish language.
Most of all we simply found our travelling heads and legs again. On our fouth morning we bid farewell to our helpful and friendly host at the B&B, locked ourselves securely in our awaiting taxi and headed off to collect our flight. More adventurous times are planned in Cusco...
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