Hey there world travelers, hey there. So we figured we would come on here now just talk
to you guys a little bit about some of our experiences in Lima Peru. We had a
lot of comments from folks that were saying, oh Peru seems like such a great
place. Lima seems so wonderful to visit, and so we figured since we were just
there and we have some of this fresh knowledge from our experience that we
would share some of our experience and tips with you guys. So the first thing
right off the bat when we got to the airport we ordered an Uber and the app
was a little bit funky and it seems to be a common experience with a lot of
folks in Lima so just expect this that when we ordered our Uber we couldn't
figure out where the hell he was and apparently what happens is we believe
this that they park their car in the parking lot and they're out somewhere
around the airport and when you order a ride, they hit on that right away.
So you're noticing them and sometimes it might look like they're walking across
the medium or they're driving down a sidewalk in the wrong direction.
Because basically it's because the guy is walking. Right, exactly. Yeah, so it's pretty interesting that
when you are ordering just be patient and it was also interesting because they
seem to know exactly where to go to find the riders. Right exactly. You know what I mean they
walk right up to you like it was just no problem. It's very different for us. We're used to
looking for a car but basically it's a person with a phone
that kind of selected on the Uber app, and say, hey are you David, are you Tanya?
Oh, you're our driver and they walked us to the parking lot, and we got in the car in the
parking lot. And another thing about Uber too, you know we've been in Mexico
City recently. You may have seen our videos there. And, we loved Uber in Mexico
City, and comparing Uber to Uber in Lima to Mexico City, we did find
that in Lima it was about 50% more expensive taking Uber in Lima than in
Mexico City, so just something to be aware of. Yeah and you probably hear
in the background, it's not me hissing, it's not me passing gas, it's the
cicadas in the trees just kind of suckling. See there it goes. If you have
been to Peru, I would love to hear your experience with with Uber because it
seems to be for us, we've seen a couple folks where it's kind of common that
that happens where the Uber app gets a little funky. Has that been your experience at
the airport? Leave it in the comments below, we'd love to hear your thoughts. Okay
one thing about Lima that I didn't realize just never you know having been
to Peru before is that it never rains in Lima, and you know, one thing about that
too a lot of the moisture comes from fog that comes in off the ocean.
It tends to be foggy a lot and I didn't realize that at all, but yeah you got a
lot of fog it never rains and because you have the cold Pacific Ocean and then
the hot you know kind of basically desert like environment inland and those
combined into a lot of fog. We actually had some nice sun but there were definitely
some foggy days too. Exactly, and it's pretty common so just expect that when you are over
there that that you're gonna typically get a foggy day. I mean if you get some
sunshine, you are lucky and killing it. Ceviche, okay you have to try the ceviche
in Peru. It's without question one of their staples and it's incredibly
delicious, now will say this, the ceviche that we got, we actually got it in the
evening, and so we were told by many to actually have ceviche for lunch in the
afternoons, in the morning, when it's fresh because they catch it fresh every
day, but we had so much going and we wanted to try ceviche before
we left in the short time that we were in Lima, that we went to this restaurant.
I'll put the name some where in the description. I don't remember it at the moment, but it was
so interesting, it was good but it wasn't the best and the reason why I said is
because when we got to our next destination and had ceviche, kind of like
in the afternoon, where you're supposed to have it. It was so tasty. So in
comparison to that, definitely try the ceviche make sure you get it around
the lunchtime hours because that's when the fish is fresh and, oh my goodness,
Lomo Saltado, which is another one of their staples. It's the beef. It's the fresh Yuca
potatoes and the sauce, and the rice. You mix it all in. It's so good. So you
definitely want to try the Lomo Saltado and then we actually, when we were in
Huacachina, sort of the Ica area, there was this dish,
my goodness. It was tasty. It was Carapulcra sopa seca.
And or Carapulcra con arroz verde, which was like a green rice, pork
piece, and if I pronounce it wrong, I'm so sorry about that, but it was close to
that. It was so delicious and so tasty. We're gonna put the name of the place
down below, so if you're ever gonna be in that area you definitely want to try
that. It's unbelievably fresh. Everything there is delicious. So one of the things
you should do when you are in Peru is you have to try some of the excursions.
There were a couple excursions that we missed due to weather and us making it
into Lima a little bit late, but there's paragliding. We were actually going to do
a cooking class, which would have been amazing,
but there's so many things you can do. You can swim with seals too on one, right.
Yeah, we were gonna do that, but it was funny we watched a lot of the
reviews and there's like thousands of seals in that water and it just looked like
it was a lot of like you know seal poop. Yeah. I didn't necessarily know if I
wanted to get any of that in my mouth, but if you're bold and you're exciting and
you're a little more crazier than I am, definitely try swimming with the seals
because apparently they love tickling your feet. Yes, exactly, that's what we heard.
Two events that we did do and they were so much fun, we did a boat tour, so you go
from Lima to Paracas, which is about three and a half hours, and the boat tour
off the Ballestas Islands was unbelievable, but it is very very
touristy. So we are chilling here waiting just about to get on the boat with a lot of people back there.
Check it out. Definitely a big tourist area here. Big tourist area here.
And we kind of like some of the touristy things but we didn't necessarily want to do this as
far as, we thought it'd be a little bit more private, but it's incredible and, oh
my gosh, the animals, the wildlife, on these protected islands is unbelievable,
especially the penguins. I know penguins in Peru, I had no idea.
Penguins, plus the seals, baby seals were everywhere.
They were everywhere. The most fun excursion of Lima that we've. Well, not necessarily
in Lima, it's about four hours from Lima, was the Huacachina sand duning and that
was unreal. It was like the most amazing event, something we've never done
and to be able to hit the dune buggy's. I know it's a very unique experience. A
little bit of Mad Max and the sand dunes, just crazy driving, so much fun. And to be
able to sand surf, you're actually like yeah, you could snowboard or a sand board
if you like, or the way we did it we just kind of like you know chest boarded
down the sand. And I actually did some face boarding. Basically face sanding, or
whatever you call that. Yeah, you know he really really tried and went for it on that run,
but he did eat a little sand. Here let me show you. Okay we're ready, yeah, uno, dos, tres
Oh, hit the deck.
And, when you're booking an excursion be careful make sure you know what you're
getting, because when we booked our excursion we wanted to make sure we had
all private tours and so we booked what we thought was a private
tour, but what it turned out was the actual the car ride was private so we
had our own private car ride, but the boat ride was anything but
private. It was a full boat and also the dune buggy ride was not going
to be private but then we brought it up to our host and he
realized we were expecting a private dune buggy tour so he actually went out
of the way to change that into a private dune buggy tour, so we had that
ultimately in the end, but you need to be careful. So, when you're booking these
things just be really careful and if it says private, make sure you know what
part of the excursion is private and what part of the excursion is not just
be careful, and then you'll make sure there's no false expectations.
So in, ahh spider. What are you talking about? Where's the spider? Spider, spider. Where?
So, what goes nicely with some of those tasty foods in Peru, are the tasty drinks
in Peru. One thing in particular is their staple, the Pisco Sour. It is
absolutely delicious. It's very sweet and the one thing I think that threw me off
was the topping which is kind of made of an egg white, so very different, not
something I'm used to, but it was certainly tasty, very refreshing on a hot
day. It has like a lemony kind of base to it, with a little syrup that they do to
make it even sweeter, and the Peruvians definitely love their sweet drinks. Oh they
love their sweet drinks. When we went up to Huacachina and were dune buggying,
we actually also went to a winery and at the winery all the wines were really
sweet. It's funny the lady there said they had three types of wines, sweet
sweeter and sweetest, so the dry wine was sweet. So, if you want some sweet wine, get
the Peruvian wine, when you are in Lima. Just expect that, now I will tell you this,
You have to know Inca Kola. If you don't know Inca Kola or have not tried Inca Cola, it's
like sugar in a bottle, basically bubblegum. Like drinking, drinking bubblegum, very
tasty, very super super sweet, but it's another staple drink that they love over
there, as far as a tasty beverage. So, you know just when you're going over
there just be prepared that the Peruvian drinks they make it with their own flair,
which is nice but no matter how sweet it is if you have enough of them it will
knock you on your ass. Absolutely. So one thing you might want
to do before heading off to Lima Peru is contact your bank to find out what the
rates are for you taking out cash at an ATM, which is pretty common if you're over
there. Some places don't take credit cards. They only take cash. You can use
dollars, but you also might want to get out some soles just so that you have
some of the local denominations, but the interesting thing is using the ATMs over
in Peru shocked the crap out of me, just the fees alone were probably some of the
most expensive that I have ever seen, ever. Where, the fee to take out money
is between five and ten dollars, that's a lot. I mean there's ATMs all over the
place here in the States. It's only roughly I've seen it's like
$3.50 at the most, three dollars and fifty cents. So it gets pretty crazy over there
so definitely contact your bank, find out
what the cost is for you using an ATM over in Peru before taking out money and
also, if you're gonna take out money, try and take out what you think you might
need, one time, so that you only have to deal with that fee one time. So if you're
into architectural detail one spot that you should definitely check out is Plaza
de Armas. I mean the architectural, we love architecture, the buildings alone,
let alone the history that's in that area, is unbelievable. Right, it's classic
really classic Spanish architecture and just beautiful. It's extremely beautiful
and one thing, we did not get to experience in during the day, but if you
have a chance you definitely want to experience Plaza de Armas at night. I
mean just the way they position the lights on the buildings just makes them
pop even further and there's an amazing fountain there that you have to check out.
I don't know the name of this fountain but it's been there for quite some time.
It's the oldest fountain actually in Lima. Exactly and and some of the locals
will call it the fertility fountain, which basically if you'll notice around
the fountain there are these statues that kind of look like their all, yeah we call them
the humping statues. Their the humping statues. A little sexo statues.
Yes, exactly. So, but it supposedly, if you drink from
the waters and if you're having problems having children, it's supposed to allow
you to be able to have children. And it actually helps with a little Pisco Sour, one
time of the year right? Yes, well one time of the year, I think it's in July, July 26th
which is kind of their Independence, like we have the Fourth of July in the States,
there's is for the 26th of July, they fill the fountain with Pisco, so you
can go there and have all the mother freaking Pisco you want. Right, and that's
got to help with fertility. I gotta believe that. So, all in all, I will say that we
can't say enough nice things about Lima Peru and in the short amount of time
that we were there in Lima it was just I will say incredibly inviting. Absolutely,
the people, the people are amazing so much fun and just so friendly
all around. Yeah and we will definitely be back because there's so many things
that we wanted to do that we didn't have a chance to do because we had such a
short time there so we definitely will be back and I will say this, if you've
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