Erin & Regan's South American Adventure
Piura to Lima and off to Chile
Hola,
We arrived in Piura at around 3pm, found some Peruvian money, some Peruvian food and some Peruvian bus tickets to Chiclayo. The trip was only a quick 3 hours. Once there we found a hostal... for 40 soles! Almost twice what we paid in Cusco all those months ago!
The next morning we decided to visit the museum "El Museo de las Tumbas Real" in the nearby town of Lambayeque. It was huge, shaped like the pyramid tombs it describes. We were prohibited from taking photos, so you´ll just have to imagine it.
That night we took an overnight bus to Lima (11 hours or so), I got to watch "Una Noche en el Museo" with overdubbed Spanish. Ben Stiller and Robin Williams just don´t sound right when they do that.
In Lima we discovered that all the hostals are twice the price of Cusco and also terrible quality. At least they had a kitchen we could use and there was a supermarket nearby... where Erin had a fascination for the local breads.
We spent two days here, doing some touristy shopping and we also had dinner with an American diplomat we met in Quito and his wife (they live in Lima with their kids). We spied this on the way home. It takes watering the garden to a whole new level.
Our flight was 7am, which meant we had to get up at 3:50am in order to get there 2 and a half hours beforehand. Goodbye Peru, for the second and last time.
