My thoughts on Peru, taken from a very limited angle, timeframe and experience have been the following:
Things run on time - we did not have a late train, plane or car transfer and total travel times were 100% accurate against all odds; lawful and secure - there seems to be a lot of checks and balances in every process - transportation, ticket selling, restaurants and the people of Peru seem to be very upstanding; focus on the customer - the customer is number one here - certainly from our amazing tour operator, Explore Andes, but I think the same can be said for many other aspects of travel here.
There have been a few negatives, but they are minor: there was a fair amount of garbage along he highways (apparently from ignorant local passengers that dispose of things out the windows) and some rivers in urban areas; a few of the hotels we stayed in had attractive rooms but the bathrooms were quirky or just not up to snuff, sometimes the rooms were cold (they have no insulation and usually provide a small, fairly ineffective space heater).
Things run on time - we did not have a late train, plane or car transfer and total travel times were 100% accurate against all odds; lawful and secure - there seems to be a lot of checks and balances in every process - transportation, ticket selling, restaurants and the people of Peru seem to be very upstanding; focus on the customer - the customer is number one here - certainly from our amazing tour operator, Explore Andes, but I think the same can be said for many other aspects of travel here.
There have been a few negatives, but they are minor: there was a fair amount of garbage along he highways (apparently from ignorant local passengers that dispose of things out the windows) and some rivers in urban areas; a few of the hotels we stayed in had attractive rooms but the bathrooms were quirky or just not up to snuff, sometimes the rooms were cold (they have no insulation and usually provide a small, fairly ineffective space heater).
Lots of time to think today.... after all, we were about to do the Cairo shuffle (see Cairo to Kenya transfer day above!). In the morning, we were picked up for the two hour (exactly) drive to Cusco airport where we boarded an Avianca flight to Lima arriving at 12:30.
Each family had a room across the street again at the Holiday Inn so we walked up and over the pedestrian bridge, checked in and ditched our bags before getting in a private van to take us to the only (slightly) recommended area to hang out in in Lima, Mira Flores.
We hit the same lunch t we all sampled in Arequipa except Alex who hadn’t been feeling well, but he got his fill today as he lucked out with a mishap 2nd burger being delivered right under his nose.
The Main Street in Mira Flores is kind of like the “Yonge Street” of Lima (lol, we love using those ridiculous comparisons), so we walked to the end of it where it leads to an indoor outdoor shopping mall that hangs off the edge of s cliff overlooking the pacific (the “Sherway gardens” of Lima, if you will). Time spent at a Starbucks (the “second cup” of Lima.... wait, what??) saw Alex and I go up 17-6 (we just can’t lose... the “Raptors” of Euchre).
I may have slipped the info out to the kids that there was an opportunity to see Spider-Man just up the street, so we made our way back up the main road and ended up at a local theatre (the “cineplex” of Peru).
In the Uber home, the four of us counted how many countries we’d seen a movie in.... we came up with 13! Crazy.
As I write this, the girls are all snoozing on a king size bed while I lay on the floor waiting for the midnight alarm to go off. Our flight across the street is at 2:40am. The shuffle continues.... good night!
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