Lima, Peru Day 2- Barranco

My cold was still very much present when I woke up. We had breakfast at our place before meeting up for our free walking tour of Barranco. Barranco is the next neighbourhood to the south of Miraflores and also borders the ocean but is known as the hip, bohemian area of Lima. Our group took a public bus from our meeting point in Miraflores to Barranco, about 10 minutes …

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Lima, Peru: Day 1- Political Unrest

My day didn’t start so well. I woke with a congested chest. I figured a hot shower might help but I couldn’t get any hot water. How could an Airbnb superhost not have hot water? I shivered through my cleansing and jumped into warm clothes. John got up a half hour later and gleefully informed me that his shower was very hot…I had been turning the tap in the …

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