Peru
Los Olivos

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    • Day 2

      Ankunft in Peru

      February 28, 2020 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      Hallo! Ich bin heil in Lima gelandet und werde gleich mit dem Nachtbus weiter nach Arequipa fahren. Am Montag beginne ich dort mein Praktikum in der deutschen Schule und werde dann bei einer Gastfamilie leben. Erstmal jedoch nur für zwei Wochen, da ich dann Besuch aus der Heimat bekomme - Lucas und Julia kommen! Wir haben uns schon eine grobe Reiseroute überlegt mit der wir viel vom Land sehen werden. Ich freue mich schon riesig!!Read more

    • Day 5

      Kingdom Hall in Lima

      July 1, 2022 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      We went to the meeting last night ... it was awesome! These brothers and sisters are the epitome of love.
      We were all in a group walking home to keep everyone safe
      They made me put a scarf on my head and walk in the middle.
      I looked too much like a "Gringo" and they didn't want the to get robbed
      Makes you appreciate the relative safety of where we live
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    • Day 81

      Centro historico +fortress+Museo Larco

      March 24, 2023 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      Today I went with the public transport the longer distances around the city. At first I made a stop at the really beautiful Centro historical with their plaza de armes, basilica, cathedral de Lima and a church.

      On the way I saw the palacio de justicia. This area was really nice and the architecture impressed me a lot. The basilica also had catacombs. The public transport is screeming around and only people, who know the area/bus stop names are used to that “public chaos”. But with asking it went out. Taxi driving would be to expensive, so I decided the public transport way. It went all out!! Also everyone was so helpfull.

      So I went with two collectivos to Fortaleza del Real Felipe, which is a fortress of the Spain of the 18th century. This fortress is close to the water and it really impressed me. Never seen something like that before. With the guns, wow. (The biggest gun was from London!) I also saw an u-boat from the mirador, which was not allowed to enter..😂#icannotspeakspanish

      Then I went to the museo larco (after going spontaneously to a barber), which was suuuper interesting. It showed mostly the different artefacts, for example drinking containers", carpets, clothing, jewellery, figurines and erotic Keramik artefacts😂, of the different cultures in Peru.

      They showed different artefacts of the peruan civilisation before the Spain came (Mochica, huari, chancay).
      Ther was also a cloth with of the chincha-Inca epoch, where a rug holds the world record in weaving at 157 threads per centimeter.!! It could be, that a Inca king wears that.
      I really loved that museo.

      After food I drove home and chilled at the hostel. Also my feats are hurting after that long day.
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    • Day 10

      Den Dopravniho silenstvi

      March 29, 2016 in Peru ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Dopoledne let z Iquitosu do Limy, s mezipristanim v Pucallpu, dalsim velkomeste v dzungli. Za zminku zde stoji snad jen fakt ze na letisti v Iquitosu nam jedinym (bilym turistum) neprohledavali na checkinu batohy. Jinak vsem mistnim otevirali tasky i zabalene krabice - a ze jich vezli :)). Nejspis bezpecaci vedeli, ze vime co do letadla patri a nepatri.

      V Lime jsme meli asi 9 h do odjezdu nocniho busu smer Huaraz. Dle planu jsme si natocili na letisku vodu (filtrujeme do petek) a vyrazili na minibusy nazyvane combis, aby nas dovezli na busovy terminal. Chteli jsme v klidu s predstihem videt kde je nase nastupiste, vyzvednout rezervovane listky.

      Vedro a silenstvi zacp a troubeni nas obklopilo. Shodli jsme se ze Limu jako misto uz fakt nemusime. Probihali jsme mezi zacpanymi auty od combi ke combi, volali "plaza norte terminal bus?" Same vrteni hlavou, az vystoupil takovy hubeny bodry padesatnik a odvedl nas 300 m na jinou krizovatku, nasedl s nami do combi, odvezl nas 30 min k terminalu a sel az na nastupiste. Naprosto prirozene se ptal ostatnich na cestu a odkud to jezdi, u okenka nam delal predskokana :). Zuzka ho podezrivala co za to bude chtit, ale me tak bezelo hlavou, ze je to nas dalsi mistni andel.

      Listky jsme vyridili, lamanou anglictinou se rozloucili s andelem co na mobilu poslouchal salzu, koupili mu colu a vydali se nazdarbuh do nejvetsiho provozu na combika. Chteli jsme dojet do Miraflores, kde je hlineny chram Puclana - par ulic od naseho prvniho ubytka zde.

      Cesta v odpoledni dopravni spicce byla az tak zajimava, ze 30minutovou cestu jsme jeli asi 1,5 hodiny. Hlineny chram mezitim zavrel a padla tma. Mila prihoda byla, kdyz jsem v buse udelal origami vlcka mirne vzlykajici dvoulete holcicce. Ona i maminka mely ohromnou radost.

      Upoceni ulepeni jsme se alespon prosli moc peknymi parky na pobrezi, kde behala a cvicila a vencika psy mistni smetanka. Ctvrti v Lime jsou totiz dost vyrazne odlisne, poznate jaka trida v ni zije.

      Na chvili jsme sedli na travnik i my, vytahli vyprane mokre veci (slunce uz jsme nestihli) a zacvicili si acroyogu - teprve potreti v Peru. A stejne jako v dzungli Amazonany, i zdejsi jsme zaujali a byli foceni.

      Cas zacal tlacit, proto jsme sice levny bus (za 3 sol) ale v provozu pomaly neriskovali a vzali taxik (50 s).

      U terminalu velikosti asi 3x hlavak je nakupni centrum velikosti asi 2x letnany. Nakoupili jsme tu svacinu a snidani do busu, dosli si na rychlou pizzu (jedine vegetarianske jidlo k sehnani) a svinskym krokem vyrazili na nastupiste. V podminkach bylo ze tam mame byt 40 minut predem. Ech.

      Zchvaceni a znechuceni slozitosti infrastruktury a papirovani (koupite online jizdenku; jdete k pultu do fronty kde dostanete papir; s papirem k jinemu pultu do fronty kde zaplatite 1,5 sol na osobu za vstup na nastupiste a daji vam mal listecek; listecek date o dva metry dale ve fronte senorite hlidajici turniket, ktera hodi listecek a protoci vam turniket...?!!) jsme dorazili - a bus nikde. Hodina zpozdeni na odjezdu. Okej. Zmatek s umistenim batohu - pry se vejdou nahoru nad sedacky. Nevejdou. Okej. Po nastartovani pustili NAHLAS nejaky film. Bylo 0:08. Nad kazdou dvousedackou pro jistotu dva repraky. Zuzka se rozohnila se slovnikem v ruce. "Ruido!! Vypnout!! Nechceme!!" Pry to nejde. Okej. To bude jizda.

      Nastesti to UZ V 1:39 VYPNULI, protoze film skoncil a stewardovi doslo, ze se na to fakt nikdo nekoukal - vsichni zkouseli spat. Dalsi film uz tedy nepustil. Se spolecnosti Linea uz nepojedeme.

      Rano v 8 parkujeme v Huarazu, modre nebe a horsky vzduch. Prvni nas tip na ubytovani je asi 20 m od stanoviste busu, vypada jednoduse, prima a obsluha sympaticka. 50 sol za noc je po tech 120 vitana cena. Vybalujeme a pred prvnim aklimatizacnim kratkym trekem si prave davame snidanku a leharko.

      Houska mi drobi na displej a Zuzka uz nosem kraji vzduch :).
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