Au RevoirDelhi - hot, humid and so many people!The Golden City of JaisalmerCamel Safari into the Thar DesertJodhpur - the best Lassie in IndiaUdaipur - Picturesque Lakeside PalacesPushkar - Meaning flower and handJaipur City of VictoryBharatpur - Keoladeo Ghana National ParkAgra - Taj MahalVaranasi & GangesKolkata, IndiaGoa - Palolem BeachPanjim and Old GoaHampi - Ruins of VijayanagarFort Cochin - Central KeralaAlleppey - Keralan BackwatersKumily - Periyar Wildlife SanctuaryTrivandrum - Varkala, Kanyakumari & KovalamHong Kong - "neon lights and chicken feet!"Vietnam - Xin Chao Hanoi!Sapa - Hoang Lien MountainsHalong Bay, boat trip!Ninh Binh, Tam Coc and Hoa LuHue, Citadel Kinh ThanhHoi An...tailor made clothesNha Trang - Beach bumming and lobster!SaigonMekong Delta; My Tho and Can ThoPhnom Penh, CambodiaSiem Reap - Angkor Wat... the eight wonder of the world!Ko Chang - ThailandBangkok Birthday fun!Kanchanaburi & The Bridge Over the River KwaiKo Samui - Chaweng & Bo Phut beachesKulala Lumpur - from great hights...Tanah Rata - Cameron HighlandsTaman Negara - 130 million year old rainforest!Perhentian Islands - Pulau KecilKota Baru, ThailandKuala Terengganu, MalaysiaCheratingMelaka - Food, art galleries and more food...Singapore with Mother Chadders!Melbourne...in winter, brrrr!Tasmania 6 day tour!Cairns, AustraliaCaptain Cook!Cape Tribulation, AustraliaPort Douglas, AustraliaMission Beach & Scotty's lovely hostel!!Townsville & Magnetic IslandAirlie Beach & Whitsunday IslandsTown of 1770Hervey Bay Whale watchingFraser Island, AustraliaBrisbane and Australia Zoo - crikey!Byron Bay, AustraliaPort Macquarie & NewcastleSydney and Blue Mountains... final Aussie destination!Christchurch - South IslandAkaroa - Banks PeninsulaLake Tekapo, New ZealandAoraki Mount CookOamaru & the Penguins!Dunedin & The CatlinsTe Anau & Doubtful SoundMilford Sound, New ZealandQueenstown & ArrowtownWanakaFranz Josef Glacier, New ZealandTranz Alpine Train: Greymouth to ChristchurchKaikoura - Abundance of Marine WildlifeNelson, New ZealandAbel Tasman National Park, New ZealandQueen Charlotte Track - Marlborough SoundsWet & Windy Wellington!Rarotonga - Cook Islands Paradise!Chris & Clare's Christmas Campervan Adventure!Santiago, ChileLima, PeruLake Titicaca, PeruCusco and the Sacred ValleyInca Trail and Machu PichuAguas Calientes... and the evacuation!Nazca LinesBuenos Aires, ArgentinaIguassu FallsParatyRio de Janeiro... carnival!
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Had an early but good flight to Lima this morning and met the little man at the airport for my transfer, despite the sign he was holding saying Chadmundo (that´s a new one!). He was very entertaining and between my little Spanish and his little English we had quite a good conversation in the car, aswell as singing along to Lionel Richie and The Rolling Stones!
The Red Llama hostel is really nice and situated South of the centre in a nice district called Miraflores. Its pretty funky and well decorated and I even arrived in time to get my free breakfast... my third of the day!
I had planned to travel and take a flight over the Nasca lines today but there was some confusion with bus times and so I didn´t go. It was pretty adventurous attempting to get there and back to Lima in a day so hopefully I can go via Nasca on my return from Cusco to Lima.
Instead, Johnny from the hostel took me and 2 kiwi guys (Neil and Mina) on a guided tour of downtown. We visited Museo del Tribunal de la Santa Inquisicion, which was used by the Spanish Inquisition from 1570 to 1829 to torture prisioners. We walked to Plaza de Armas, the oldest part of Lima to see the changing of the guard at Palacio de Gobierno then visited the Monasterio de San Francisco with its famous catacombs and library. Lunch was many Peruvian dishes which we shared alongside a local beer. Tonight we are going to Circuito Magico del Agua (largest water and light show in South America) at Parque de la Reserva.
I don´t have any photos of the tour downtown to post but Neil is planning on sending me some. I do however have some very funny pics from our water extravaganza last night! Oh and the lady BBQ-ing was cooking our dinner, meat (of some sort) with spuds and corn. nice!
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