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Holidays in Perú (12 July 2012, Lima)
Gladys and I spent the night at my mum’s to keep her company. Early the next day I went to Gloria’s to take a shower, get changed and eat some breakfast: bacon, scrambled eggs, avocado, and steamed...
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Holidays in Perú (13 July 2012, Lima)
On the funeral day I woke up early and went to see mum and go with her to the wake. After a while I went to photocopy a few documents and bought some stuff for breakfast: a can of tuna and a black...
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Holidays in Perú (14 July 2012, Lima)
On Saturday Gladys and I were in the mood for a market-style fruit juice, so we headed to Mercado El Edén, located in Gloria’s neighbourhood. Juguería (juice stall) We had a granadilla, lúcuma &...
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Holidays in Perú (15 July 2012, Lima)
It was the second Sunday of our trip and our aunties organised a family lunch at their place with a condition: they’ll pay for it but we had to do the shopping and cooking. This is because nowadays...
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Holidays in Perú (16 July 2012, Lima)
Monday again! Breakfast was bacon & eggs, with broccoli sautéed in butter, leftover fried sweet potatoes, and freshly squeezed orange juice (thanks Gloria!). As a side note, the least processed...
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Holidays in Perú (17 July 2012, Lima)
I had bought a couple of lúcumas at the market. Lúcuma is a wonderful fruit with a shiny thin green skin that ruptures when it ripens. Lúcuma, unpeeled The flesh is orange and doesn’t have much water,...
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Holidays in Perú (18 July 2012, Lima)
Sadly, my last day in Lima had arrived. Gloria had boiled eggs for us, we ate them with some botija olives, leftover fried sweet potato, and a chapana I had bought at the market. This was the only...
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Holidays in Perú (19 July 2012, Lima – Santiago)
Nineteen days had passed too fast. I was again at the airport, this time alone (Gladys stayed in Lima for another week), very sleepy but well fed. Thankfully, because the Lima – Santiago airplane meal...
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Holidays in Perú (20 – 21 July 2012, Santiago – Sydney)
In the long leg of my trip (Santiago – Auckland) meals were significantly better than on the trip to Lima. Dinner was grilled salmon with mash & green beans, and a green salad. I skipped the...
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A recap of my 2012 trip to Perú
Early this year my sister Gladys called me to tell me Qantas had a sale on tickets to South America. Even when she was not planning to, she found the offer pretty good and was thinking to go and visit...
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Holidays in Perú (June 29 2015)
We’re back home, this time together for the first time. It’s been three years since I last visited (two for Alvaro). I normally found airplane food okay, and was always able to eat most of it, even...
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Holidays in Perú (June 30 2015)
On our first day in Lima we went out with mum to do some shopping. I always buy clothes when I go back home because quality is great, and try to do the bulk of the shopping at the beginning of the...
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Holidays in Perú (July 1 2015)
Lima received us with unexpected warm weather. Luckily, we had packed enough t-shirts and enjoyed the sun on our skins as we spent some time by the sea in Miraflores with our friend Julio. We had lunch...
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Holidays in Perú (July 2 2015)
This trip we haven’t had any issues with jetlag but with too little time to sleep. It’s the first time we’re visiting together, meaning more people to visit. In addition, traffic in Lima is more...
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Holidays in Perú (July 3 2015)
On the 3rd we woke up early to go to Ollantaytambo. Breakfast was included and we had asked if we could get a gluten-free one. Fortunately for us we were advised they couldn’t get gluten-free crackers...
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Holidays in Perú (July 4 2015)
The most important day of the trip, the day Alvaro was going to see Machu Picchu for the first time, finally arrived. And it was raining. We took a taxi to the train station in Ollantaytambo hoping the...
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Holidays in Perú (July 5 2015)
We had a few more hours in Cusco before returning to Lima and a few more museums included in our tour voucher that we hadn’t visited. We stopped on our way as soon as we saw a lady on the street with a...
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Holidays in Perú (July 6 2015)
Cusco was pretty much our only “alone” time of the trip. Granted, we met our friend Angel, but that was only one night. The rest of our time has been reserved to see family and friends. On the 6th we...
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Holidays in Perú (July 7 2015)
Another busy day in Lima. We went to visit Alvaro’s great-grandmother. Then we went grocery shopping with my in-laws and had a late lunch at Señor Pescao. This is one of many seafood restaurants in...
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Holidays in Perú (July 8 2015)
We got to see my sister again before she headed to the US for a course. This time we went for lunch with her and my brother-in-law to Punto Azul, a well-known seafood franchise. We got there a bit...
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