Lima to Cartagena

Our flight reached Lima at 10 pm local time. We decided to walk to the hostel. It was just a km away but by now Maria was starting to panic having read that the area was not safe. We decided to check out the taxi price to the hostel. The quotes started from 60 PEN but both Hristo and I had been in Peru before and both of us had been to Lima before as well so we knew this was too high. We started negotiating when one of the taxi driver heard Maria tell Hristo to take the taxi because the area was not safe. He just caught on to it and continued to reinforce the impression. We figured what was going on, so we started walking out of the airport. That's when some of the drivers desperate to get a fare started dropping the price. Finally, we agreed at 20 PEN and took the taxi. On the way as well, the driver kept reinforcing the unsafe aspect of the place where we were going and even "helpfully offered" to take us to a better place.
Our hostel was just 3-4 min taxi ride and we didn't really see anything threatening. It was a normal residential quarter with families walking around.
The hostel Mundo Albergue was actually quite nice. We had a cheerful and cozy room.
The flight in the morning was at 1 pm so we would need to leave the hostel around 11 am if we planned to walk to the airport, which we did. Hristo wanted to show Lima to Maria in the morning. I'd already been to Lima before for 3 days and was not impressed with it at all, so, I decided to wake up late and have breakfast at the hostel itself.
Hristo and Maria went to the city center in the morning while I woke up late and enjoyed a nice relaxed breakfast. They both came back at 10 am and then decided to go to the local market nearby for some food while I stayed back to pack up.
We left the place around 11:15 am and walked to the airport nearby. From here we took the flight to Cartagena, Colombia and landed there around 5 pm local time.Read more