Days One and Two

After travelling by taxi, plane, tram, coach, another coach, another tram, another plane and finally by car, we made it. Thirty two hours after we left our home in Oxford, England we arrived in where we will be staying for the next few days in Lima, Peru.

The journey was a bit longer than we had originally expected, our cross over flight in Madrid being cancelled, leading to a brief stay in a hotel nearby. After a last, seemingly never-ending flight, however, we walked out through the airport door and into Peru.

The city of Lima has a fascinating landscape which is clouded in a thick mist. Huge sandy cliffs plummet down to meet with the cold Pacific Ocean, while pelicans fly overhead. I was really suprised to see the pelicans, only ever seeing them in zoos and films before.

This part of Peru looks much how I imagine other developing countries to look: never quite finished. Little brick homes are springing up everywhere, often alongside much larger, grander houses.

After being bombarded with this hotchpotch of natural and manmade sights, I drunk a last cup of tea and snuggled down under the three Peruvian blankets. x