Category: Peru

  • Day 90 – The Day after New Year (Lima, Peru)

    Resting.  Vadim is walking the beach with Josua Engl from Austria.  . Few cabs – prices doubled.  Packing to go to Cusco by plane.  GS lunch at hotel restaurant (ceviche, purple corn and rice pudding; greens, red beet, caramelized walnut salad).  Book hotel and buy tickets to Cusco.  Dinner at hotel (duck leg).  Putting things…

  • Day 89 – Happy New Year! (Lima, Peru)

    Nice breakfast.  Calling relatives.  Vadim in the gym.  Gintaras washed his gear.  Vadim took his racing boots for cleaning at a local shoe shine store, forgot to take out 200 USD; lunch at Italian place (carpaccio, sea bass, pasta with ground meet); drank two bottles of sparkling German and Italian wine to celebrate the new…

  • Day 88 – Washing the Gear (Lima, Peru)

    Sleep late, nice breakfast, haircut in the morning, meet Yuri, friends of Gintaras from graduate school, at 1:00 pm, Yuri drove VW Touareg ($75K in Lima), La Mar restaurant, 50 min wait, nice seafood, pisco sour drink, chatting for 4 hours, Gaston, stopped at supermarket for some champagne, nap back at the hotel, Vadim washed…

  • Day 87 – Welcome to the Capital (Lima, Peru)

    Left on time.  Got lost and separated in Chimbote (road construction).  Filled tank in Casma.  Vadim ran out of gas in the middle of desert…next gas station was 69 km…found a gallon of gas for $10USD…was happy to pay it to get to the next station.  . Gintaras stopped by police – required insurance.  No…

  • Day 86 – Rest Day (Trujillo, Peru)

    Resting in Trujillo.  Walking around.  Stopping at laundry.  Lunch at Italian place (expensive shrimp soup).  Buying some fruits in the central market.  Vadim looking for a gym.  Eating fast food chicken for dinner. Concert in the central square at night.  Buying some water and bad chocolate in Metro.  Back to hotel.  Booking hotel in Lima.  …