Lima

Well it turns out we have stayed in Lima a bit longer then we had anticipated. We were supposed to leave on sunday, but we wont be leaving until tuesday. Lima has been interesting...i very much enjoy the city but it really is quite dangerous and poor. The gap between rich and poor is incredible in peru, and its very much seen in lima. The other night even the cops tried to rob me...i was walking home after the bar at about 6am with a guy from manchester. Naturally, since we hadbeen at the bar all night we were a bit tipsy and had to pee, so we did. Cops pulled around the corner and stopped us...they wanted our money and passport...since we had been at the bar, we had naturally drank all our cash away, luckily. anyways, when they realized we didnt have anything they let us go after some very much broken spanish and slowly inching away from them. it could have been much worse. (while this was happening, about a block away an aussie from our hostel was robbed at bottle point and hit in the chest with a rock...he had no money either). this also explains the lack of pictures...obviously im not carrying my camera with me

But limas not all bad, being here and being white is like being a rock star and we have been enjoying. THe weather is incredible, there are beaches (dirty ones in the city, but we went to a nice private one with some friends). everything is cheap...everything is available, from free booze at the bar to a giant black market supplying all your fake product needs.

We are off to Ica and Huachachina tomorrow to go sandsurfing and dune buggying.