Lima, Peru - part II

little bit more about Lima.. well I gotta admit that first it kinda shocked and scared me :( ... and by the end of the first day it scared me even more :) i was constantly reminded to be careful when taking pictures (to wrap the strap around my neck) and to keep an eye on my bag. i do understand that it is for my own safety, but it made me uneasy to say the least. and here í'd like to thank Maria :) she was so helpful and spent the whole day with me and helped me with all sorts of arrangements (starting from getting to the hotel and ending with buying the cellphone)..so thank you! it is unbelievably nice to come to the other side of the world to a place you have never been to and be able to trust and relay on total strangers.

back to lima now... they have this odd city transport/bus system. there are 3 sizes of the buses: small, medium and big. each bus has some colors painted on it and there is a person hanging on the door. those buses do have numbers on them as well but those don't count :) the colors count :) and also what the person on the door is yelling. so when you need to go somewhere then you go for an example for a big bus that has yellow-blue-black stripes on it :D fun huh? and the ride is always 1 sol.

movies... movies are all in english and have spanish subtitles - nice. ticket to the movie theater is 5-6 sol.. but you can get the same movies on dvd from across the street for 3 sol :D but i can't watch dvd´s anywhere so i guess i'd go to the movie theater.

i already met some other pack-packers ...on the plane and at the streets. one guy that i met in miraflores is from san francisco, he is a teacher there and travels a lot. last year he was in Tallinn :) quite nice :) i also got a contact of one estonian who lives in lima... i called him up as well and hopefully we will meet in mid July when i will return to lima before my flight home.

weather - well it gets cooler in the evening.. perhaps to about 12-15C.. during the day it is about 18-20C so quite nice, not too hot and not too cold. for locals it is freezing of course :)

oh and spanish language.. well i manage with the computers that are all in spanish and i get around town with a taxi and i manage to get food at the restaurant ;)