Dave,
Hi. I live in Peru, and split my time between Cusco and Lima.
In Lima there is a great 3 star place called Las Suites. It is in a
quite section of the Miraflores District. They offer large suite
rooms, including 2 bathrooms and a kitchenette for around $35-40. Use
a local taxi on your way out of the airport, and you'll pay aroun
S./20 (soles). For Cusco, there's so much to choose from. Check out
a couple of good sites: www.mycusco.com or www.peru-travel-adventures
-- these will get you started. Give your price range, and I can make
some specific recommendations.
Hope you have a good time.
--Twoshots
men wrote in message news:<3fa0fa82$0$58700$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>...
> Peruvian coastal road is no problem, its desert and hardly rains. i dont
> know how long you intent to spend, but Peru is prety big. Going north,
> if you have time go to Huaraz, where you can see the Cordillera blanca
> with great mountians. Spend there a day or 3 to visit the region (or
> longer if you want to do a trekking?). Visit Trujillo, where you can
> spend a day to see the town, and the ruins. See Chiclayo and its ruins.
> Go to Cajamarca, in the interior Andes. This is only the north, where I
> spend 5 weeks.
>
> its the rainy season, which makes the mountains really nice green (like
> in Cuzco). It might rain in the afternoon, after a sunny morning, it
> might rain for 1 hour and clear up again. You can have a clouded day or
> a sunny day. the roads in the mountains can be bad (if unpaved), you can
> have a landslide blocking a road, but overall if you dont go into the
> jungle, its not a problem (apart from maybe some delays)
>
> In Lima you can stay downtown near the Plaza de Armas (about 15 sol by
> taxi from airport) or in Miraflores (an upmarket area near the sea, 25
> sol by taxi from the airport). Downtown is fine till 10/ 11 o clock at
> night when there are people on the street. I dont know your budget, but
> buy a guide to pick a hotel. Dont get paranoid about the danger in Lima.
> its fine, just watch your lugage at busstations and beware of
> pickpockets. Same goes for turistic places like Arequipa, Cuzco Quito
> etc. I guess cuzco has attracted people living of pickpocketing turists.
> The northern part is safer, since there are less turists, so its only
> the normal criminalty. Overall, I would say that Peru is safer then
> Europe and the USA. That is, if you dont look at driving skils of bus
> drivers :)
>
>
> Dave Wheeler wrote:
> > My wife and I fly to Lima in mid-January. My first question concerns
> > accommodation - whereas we intend to find post-Lima accommodation 'as
> > we go', we would prefer to have a Lima hotel booked prior to departure
> > (for 3 or 4 days to acclimatize). Can anyone recommend a decent
> > starting hotel (we are budget travellers but would pay more than usual
> > if necessary for the first hotel). I am thinking of a place that other
> > travellers may frequent, or where the staff are helpful with tips,
> > advice etc.
> >
> > We would like to travel overland to Quito in Ecuador and (having
> > returned to Lima) on to La Paz in Bolivia. My second question is: is
> > this feasible (I have heard that the rainy season can close even
> > 'main' roads)? As there also sites of interest in Peru of course, I
> > wonder if anyone can suggest an itinerary (incl Cuzco, Nazca).
> > Finishing point should be Lima again from where we fly out. Many
> > thanks |
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