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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Lima Peru-Day 1 continued Nov 28 2017

THe Hostel Iquique our residence until the 29thRoom on the 3rd floor not good with luggage and no elevator   Our 1st lunch.....pollo sopa including a foot...Ken you didn't eat that ?????

Before lunch we trek  about el centro with Kenny hell bent on finding a Geo Cache in the park to no avail..........not happy,

After lunch Ken was feeling knackered with that foot scraping the sides of his belly and we ended up crashing not getting up until 8:30pm. We walked around the block stopping at a cafe for hamburgaesas, one Pollo the other Carne, Ken, why are the Papa Fritos inside the bun as a topping.....   

Arrived In LIMA-Nov 28 2017

We arrived late in Lima at 2;15 am..........by the time we arrived at the Hostel Iquique it was 3:30am. The taxi driver Ramos pushed the buzzer at the hostel and awakened the operator. It was 4:45 am by the time we hit the sack and up at 6am. Breakfast over at 7:15 am and down the street a 5 minute walk to the Migracion Office to get the Permiso a Firmar Contratos....a procedure that we learned is to be done on line after paying first at any Bank National in the country who issue a receipt with a number to get the printout Permiso on line. Fortunately for me, the chap ahead of me at the Migracion Office, Damian, an English International Student Placement Co coordinator took us through the procedure and we used a travel agency for the on line part.

Taxi Directo, our taxi service just sent me a thank you for using them along with the route we took early this morning.

Ken and I will take a walking tour of the area as we are not scheduled to bus out to Huanuco until tomorrow night at 10pm for an over night trip through the treacherous mountain terrain. Maybe their is a reason to keep you from looking over the side by a night excursion. Toby at http://www.aroundtheblockmotoadventures.com/motorcycle-rentals/ Purchased our tickets, a few days ago suggesting that we should rest a day in Lima before climbing to a higher altitude....until the next post ...adios

      

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Welcome Peru Addition-Nov 21 2017

I am a happy adventurer today, as my amigo Ken Wettlaufer, has purchased a flight ticket to accompany me for the 1st 3 weeks of my 3rd South American trip.
Ken and I took a self guided trip with Freedom Tours of Ecuador this past February. Toby Shannon of Around the Block Adventure Motorcycle Tours in Huanuco Peru is prepping a 250cc Cross Triton for Ken with only a weeks notice....big thank you to Toby.
  Toby has also put a suggested route together for us which will take us to Cuzco and the village of Aquas Calientes at the foot of Machu Picchu. If time permits we will visit the Colca Canyon which is the deepest canyon in the world.

So stoked to have company for part of my 4 month journey......Nov. 27th is getting close.....Next report will be from Lima Peru....

k.........the real KEN-standing....the other guy with the reflection of camera on glasses es moi