Day 17-18: Lima, Peru

Lima. What a different culture then the rest of the country. The place from my books! Its so exciting to be here! I have decided I am not nearly classy enough for Lima, no not at all. We hooked up with our friend Gabriel again and went for drinks down in the lounge in our hotel. Gabriel is such an amazing person. He was the perfect gentleman, and fantastic host. He showed us a around lima, took us to the finest resturaunts, malls, waited around for us while we shopped, and was extremely caring making sure we got to where we needed to go for the right price. One of the guys from the Casa Rodas hostel came by to drop off a suitcase that Nicole and Shay left behind, and decided to join us for drinks also. His name is Ricardo, or Richard as his friends call him. We chatted over Pisco Sours as best we could and we all just got drunk off martinis and Pisco Sours. Good times. Later, Ronal from the hostel came with a friend, Julio. Up on the top floor where the pool, gym and souk bar was, the staff was preparing for a party. It was a Stella Artios party, VIP only, complete with argintinian super models and the most elite upper class people from Lima. Again, not nearly classy enough to be here... But after a few Pisco sours, who cares!

We lost a few members of the group early in the night to the toilet/bathtub. (one to many stellas) But Shay, Jarret, Ronal, Ricardo, Julio, Gabriel and I continued onto a discoteque, and then another, and then Gabriels apartment. Where we soon couldn't keep our eyes open anymore and Gabriel called us a cab back to the hotel. This is where I officially put myself on Peruvian time. In Canada we start at 9 or 10 and go til the bar closes at 2, they start at 1 or 2 and go all night. Mission accomplished. We slept for a few hours and and then I decided to start my day. Jarret, Jeff and I walked down to the ocean to sit and listen to the waves. Its only a few blocks from the hotel, we can see it from our room :)

At 9 we met up with Gabriel again and he took us to yet another classy, delicious, beautiful, resturaunt on the ocean. Its called, Rosa Nautica. I sat next to the window and watch the waves pound up against the pier. I decided I need much more ocean in my life....