Lima – Laundromat – Exterminator – Miraflores

Last night we had another cockroach hunt in our room. Reiner caught one, a second one escaped. I was mega happy that we brought our mosquito tent. So we could sleep well in spite of everything. The hotel porter was very quick, apologized and called an exterminator right after Reiner showed him the caught bug this morning. Our room and bathroom were cleaned by afternoon. We went to do laundry in that time and found a laundromat 2 blocks away where you could do your own laundry in the washer and dryer. A luxury I didn’t have for quite some time.

Then we had a little look at our neighborhood, Miraflores. Once again, the first impression on arrival in the dark was not confirmed. Today everything was much more colorful. We met very friendly Peruvians, such as the young woman at HandyShop Claro, who patiently advised us on buying a SIM card despite our language mismatch. Or the laundromat owner, who gave us travel tips for Peru. And the Peruvian-Italian ice cream shop owner, who let us try all kinds of ice cream (including chili and ginger) in Spanish, and then spontaneously led us through the really sparkling clean ice cream factory. The streets are clean and many flowers are blooming. There is a beautiful large church that we looked at, the “Parroquia Virgen Milagrosa”. In front of it in the “Parque Kennedy” live many pretty cats that like to be petted by the walkers.

Silke

Bogota – Lima Travel Day

Again we had to say goodbye. Unfortunately we didn’t meet Shakira, who by the way is from Barranquilla, in person. Above the clouds we flew with VIVAAir Colombia to Lima/Peru. From our last peso I treated myself to a new travel pillow. First impression of Lima: huge, lots of traffic, terracotta.

A cab took us to the hotel “Casa Serena” in Miraflores, a newer part of the city. We bought something to drink, yogurt and banana and let the evening end in the courtyard.

By the way, Nico from Berlin, with whom we just spoke yesterday morning about the topic of “robberies”, told us that he was threatened and robbed by two men with a knife yesterday evening on the way from the valley station of the Monserrate to the city on a busy street together with his friend. He was still lucky and the robbers left with cash and a door check card in a separate wallet. But Nico was still quite shocked.

Silke