I´m so bored

Bored out of my brain here. So, thought I´d write out a couple of observations made while here in Lima.

The people are really fab, a mass of contradictions though, in one hand they are very generous of spirit, always quick to smile and greet a stranger and a very open people, but on the other, see westerners as one big dollar sign and if they think they can con an extra dollar out of you they will. It´s quite weird really. I haven´t seen that much begging on the streets or homeless on the streets, but then to be honest, I´m travelling between the 3 more upmarket districts of the city. It´s just too dodgy for a white chick on her own to be walking around the centre of the city on her own.

The food in Peru is great, not a place to come for a weight loss holiday because Peruvians like to eat, a lot! Oh, and I´ve had a couple of pisco sours and they are like rocket fuel. Very strong indeed.

Lima reminds me a bit of LA. It´s covered in a constant grey smog, it´s noisy and dangerous to be out walking on your own. But the people are nicer so that helps. And good god do they drive like lunatics! You are literally taking your life in your hands ever time you get into a taxi. They are constantly beeping their horns and make Dublin drivers look calm and serene. Good fun though in a weird way, I wouldn´t mind having a go at driving here, there´s one roundabout in San Isidro near the hospital that makes the Walkinstown roundabout look like a piece of piss and drivers don´t wait their turn to drive onto this bad boy, oh now, you literally close your eyes as they beep their horns and drive straight at it. Been a couple of narrow misses so far.

I will defo come back, I´m disappointed I didn´t get to do the whole trip, but my sister is ok so I´m just going to have to accept that these things happen for a reason and it just wasn´t my time to be touring around Peru. It´s funny, I had such a bad feeling before I left Dublin, I just thought it would be me hurt and not Hallai. Anyway, you live and learn eh!

Now I have to go and fight with insurance company and the hospital here, very funny when I haven´t got a word of Spanish! Still, a raised eyebrow is a universal language!

TTFN.