LIMA

Lima, not much to look at according to LP

WHERE: LIMA WHERE (less detailed): capital of Peru

actually on closer inspection you can see what they mean

WEATHER IS: Nice and warm
PEOPLE ARE: the man who stopped us in the town square to help us out was really nice. Even telling us about a Paul McCartney concert in the town the next night. Unfortunately we had already booked our bus tickets to Mancora.

and you can see the girls can hardly contain their revulsion at this monstrosity

FOOD IS: hugely disappointing then great. After someone mentions pizza Paul decides he must have some and so we search for the most authentic looking pizzeria in town "mamma someones" and sit down. The pizza was dreadful, probably the worst I've ever had and expensive too. As Julie repeatedly and unhelpfully pointed out her lasagne was lovely. The next day we went to El Chinito, a Peruvian sandwich shop which has been around for 50-years and which features a Chinese mascot and advertising but no Chinese food. Instead you select your meat - roast beef, chicken, ham, turkey and then huge chunks of it are shoved in a tiny bread roll which immediately starts to fall apart under the weight of all that meat

the sorts of neighbourhoods you have to frequent these days for a meat-filled sandwich

HIGHLIGHTS/LOWLIGHTS: our hostel is beautiful and our suite features a kitchenette ... an open-top bus ride around the cliffs overlooking the promenade - Rhaani says Perth take note ... the centre of Cusco is spectacular, we wonder if anyone from lonely planet actually visited here ... the girls enjoy a taste of home as they find a Starbucks ... and an international newspaper to read in the park... the locals have an ingenious way of alleviating traffic - 2 cars to a lane. So a three lane main road has 6-cars across it while a slender slip road has 2 cars almost wedged together....

even the sea looks awful

UP NEXT: MANCORA, a sleepy surf town.