23/01/2025
Landing into Lima, I ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ป'๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐บ๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ - the urge to go to Peru is what instigated my whole ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ! โ๏ธ๐ต๐ช
I opted for a small-group G Adventures tour as they plan the ultimate travel experience that blends ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐, ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐, and a focus on ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐บ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐คโ๐ฉ๐ฝ
We stayed in the Barranco area of the city, which I would highly recommend. It was an ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ, ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ. If you're looking for something a little fancier, Miraflores hits the mark. What to do? Spend your day exploring the historic Plaza Mayor, Friendship Park, and the multitude of fantastic museums, before having an ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐ผ๏ธ๐
We headed from Lima into the desert, which was nothing short of incredible. Boarding a buggy, we were ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ for an ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ-๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ afternoon. The excitement of ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐บ before ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ at crazy angles was not one for the faint of heart, but ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด nonetheless. Our day was topped off ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐, attempting to stay on our feet, and laughing as we ๐๐๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๏ธ๐๐ฝ
For those who enjoy a spark of nightlife, suprisingly ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น. Good music, good vibes, good beer - what more could you want? ๐ป๐ท
Feeling a little tender the next day, we opted to explore a nearby ๐ฃ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ, where we learnt all about how pisco is made, and even ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐! We then grabbed some beers and hiked the gruelling (okay, it wasn't that bad) hour up the steep dunes to ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐. Sureal, breathtaking, mesmerising - I can't even find the words to describe it ๐๐
Finally, we were off to Paracas, where we hopped on a boat to ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐. The dramatic rock formations and the famous geoglyphs add to the ๐๐๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ, home to sea lions, penguins, and thousands of seabirds. Who knew ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ? ๐ฆข๐ฅ๏ธ
Next up, I'll be telling you all about our ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. Stay tuned! ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
Jess ๐ฉต๐๐ชฉ