Lima - the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Firstly I must point out to my faithful followers that to date this blog has been largely done on the blessed moto G using speech recognition so may contain typographical or grammatical errers'.  

The buses in Lima are pretty chaotic. They come in four difference sizes ranging from small 19 seater mini buses to large coaches. A conductor shouts the destination at each bus stop and hassles people onboard. The fares are very cheap, I paid 50 pence each way. At one stop a blind girl got on. I thought it was strange when a man offered her his seat and she declined. She then started singing a short song then walked up and down the bus collecting money from people. The next stop she got off presumably to get onto another bus! My bus trip was into Miraflores which is the tourist area of Lima. I took a few hours wandering around looking at the parks and monuments then caught the bus back 2 my hotel.  That was the good!

The hotel itself is very nice, clean rooms and a good breakfast. Unfortunately, here toilet paper goes into a bin Greek style, not nice. There is a noise that sounds like a brontosaurus with asthma that goes on through the night (not me). It is also on the flight path to the airport so you can hear the arrivals and departures. Talking about airports when I arrived I logged onto the airport's WiFi and a message said 'welcome Daniel', how strange.

It has been going so well. Then I got a message from my bank informing me that they suspect fraudulent use of my account. Despite telling them about my trip they have stopped my card. My last Uber trip was not paid so I currenly cannot use them. I cannot top up my money card. I have already spent 15 quid trying to contact them on my mobile. V has phoned them but has got nowhere. They have decide that the hotel number I have messaged them to phone me on is a scam so have instructed their staff not to phone me. Nice. They will find I will be distinctly uncooperative when I get back. In the meantime we have discovered a cunning plan to top up my money card with beer tokens from home.

So Lima, international airport so a neccessary visit. But no wilderbeast and not exactly the hanging gardens of Babylon. But excited by the next phase of the trip which is away from the cities and into the country. Mahu Piccu awaits, if I can work out how to buy the ticket. La Paz as -1 last night, eeek!