Arriving in Lima, the entertainment started already while waiting for our luggage. We were greeted by dozens of girls wearing tight clothes trying to rent us cell phones. It was amusing how aggressive they were, and I didn't see a single person actually take interest. On the other hand, Lima is the only airport where there is security which checks whether your baggage tags match the ones on the picked up bags - that was a nice touch (but don't throw away your ticket until way outside the airport). Outside, it looked extremely foggy and dark, a bit intimidating for the tired traveller. Thankfully, I had arranged for Cosy to come pick us up, and she got us a mini bus taxi to accomodate the 6 huge bags. A 30 minute ride later, we were at Casa Marfil, settling into our rooms! The house was very cozy and clean, and we showered before getting a good night's rest. The next morning we bummed around the neighbourhood for a bit and bought some food, then caught a taxi to the Movil tours station to catch the bus to Huaraz. About an hour after leaving, still in Lima, our bus broke down. After unsuccessful attempts to fix it, we got a replacement. Once we were out of Lima, the road followed the coast for about 200km before turning off into the mountains, where it was to go over 4000m in altitude before dropping to Huaraz. Of course, the replacement bus kept stalling on the steep mountain road, but eventually we made it to Huaraz, quite late.

	Casa Marfil outside (photo by marta)	A map of the area at Casa Marfil	The cute lounge area at Casa Marfil

			Really cute chess table

	Gas station in the middle of the street ??	the streets of Lima	nearing the supermarket

	Cat at Casa Marfil	Small square outside	Marta enjoying our accomodations

	Marta and Chester in the bus	The comfortable Movil Tours bus	Lima

	Lima streets	streets of Lima	Lima

			A woman selling bananas with her kids

		police	mototaxi

	houses on the hills of Lima	playing futbol

		sand slopes next to the road	sand slopes next to the road

	small houses on the road to Huaraz	small community on the road to Huaraz