Back to Peru and Lima

The next morning I set out to make my way back to Cusco. Carnival was still going on so the airport was closed and most of the bus companies were closed. I was lucky to get one of the last seats on a bus to Puno, Peru. It was a great ride thru the mountains with slow , steep hills to climb and tight turns to negotiate. We were just about to the border, I was deep into a book I am reading when I hear a thunderous schreeching noise and our bus shimmy side to side. I look out the window to see that a semi truck had hit us with its trailer goig around a tight curve. No one got hurt and we were on our way about 4 hours later.

I missed my planned bus connection to Cusco as a result of the accident but was able to catch an overnighter and arrived at Cusco about 5am. I went to Loki to collect some belongings I had left there. did a bit of gift shopping and went tot the airport. Tough choice- either a 24 hour bus ride to Lima for $55 or a one hour flight to Lima for $95. I landed in Lima about 1pm, checked into Loki, met some friends from earlier in the trip and hit the beach! We all went out clubbin later and a good time saying goodbye.

Another Day in Lima doing some gift shopping and hittin the beach again. Weather is in the mid 80's and its nice and sunny out. The surf was up and the beach was a bit crowded. Nice and releaxing way to end my trip. Going back to CO with a tan!!!

A local club in Barranco, another nice neighborhood next to Miraflores, hosted a Bob Marley tribute concert. The Band was really tight and mostly played originals. Pretty good reggae for sure - better than what we get in Durango. The place was packed with the cream of the crop from Lima - must have been the "thing" to do that night. There was was a TV crew filming and doing interviews. They said I would be on TV the next day but I didn't bother trying to watch. The show was great and there were only two other gringos in the whole place so it felt pretty authentic.

My last night in Peru was excellent!!!