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Lima (Peru) - The Delaplaine 2017 Long Weekend Guide: Long Weekend Guides
Oleh Andrew Delaplaine
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- Gramercy Park Press
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- Sep 23, 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781533700216
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A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in LIMA, the wonderfully exotic city in Peru.
“I’d never been to Lima before, but this book was the perfect introduction.”
--- Winnie S., Nashville
“We’d planned to go up into the mountains to see Machu Picchu (like everybody else), but we were so entranced by Lima that we never made it.”
--- Carol M., Louisville
You'll save a lot of time using this concise guide.
=Lodgings variously priced
=Fine & budget restaurants, more than enough listings to give you a sense of the variety to be found.
=Principal attractions -- don't waste your precious time on the lesser ones. We've done all the work for you.
=A handful of interesting shopping ideas.
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Lima (Peru) - The Delaplaine 2017 Long Weekend Guide: Long Weekend Guides
Oleh Andrew Delaplaine
Deskripsi
A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in LIMA, the wonderfully exotic city in Peru.
“I’d never been to Lima before, but this book was the perfect introduction.”
--- Winnie S., Nashville
“We’d planned to go up into the mountains to see Machu Picchu (like everybody else), but we were so entranced by Lima that we never made it.”
--- Carol M., Louisville
You'll save a lot of time using this concise guide.
=Lodgings variously priced
=Fine & budget restaurants, more than enough listings to give you a sense of the variety to be found.
=Principal attractions -- don't waste your precious time on the lesser ones. We've done all the work for you.
=A handful of interesting shopping ideas.
- Penerbit:
- Gramercy Park Press
- Dirilis:
- Sep 23, 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781533700216
- Format:
- Buku
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Lima (Peru) - The Delaplaine 2017 Long Weekend Guide - Andrew Delaplaine
LIMA
(Peru)
The Delaplaine
2017
Long Weekend
Guide
Andrew Delaplaine
NO BUSINESS HAS PAID A SINGLE PENNY OR GIVEN ANYTHING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK.
A list of the author’s other travel guides, as well as his political thrillers and titles for children, can be found at the end of this book.
Senior Editors - Renee & Sophie Delaplaine
Senior Writer - James Cubby
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Copyright © by Gramercy Park Press - All rights reserved.
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Please submit corrections, additions or comments to andrewdelaplaine@mac.com
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Chapter 1 – WHY LIMA?
Chapter 2 – GETTING ABOUT
Chapter 3 – WHERE TO STAY
Chapter 4 – WHERE TO EAT
Chapter 5 – NIGHTLIFE
Chapter 6 – WHAT TO SEE & DO
Chapter 7 – SHOPPING & SERVICES
Chapter 1
WHY LIMA?
There are many things that you will find confusing in not only Lima, but the whole country of Peru as well, starting with its twisted and convoluted history, its fascinating if sometimes unappreciated ethnic mix of its population, all the way down to its mad drivers who create one of the worst traffic nightmares in any country I’ve visited. When you cross the street, do it with 3 or 4 others at the same time—maybe the crazy motorists will veer away from you.
There are thousands of taxis and busses filling the streets, and you will find some of the most dangerous traffic in the world right here in Lima. The buses come in many sizes: large ones, medium ones, small ones. Some of them are so packed you wonder how the occupants breathe.
Situated as it is on the Pacific coast, Lima rests on a massive cliff that rises 10 or 12 stories above the beach. It is quite dramatic.
There are hundreds of people hauling around backpacks and they all seem to be going to Cuzco and Machu Picchu. While I have always wanted to make the trek up into the mountains to see Machu Picchu, by the time I first got to Peru, Lima held far more fascination for me, so I skipped it.
You will quickly learn that the Incas, though they were dominant at the time the Spanish arrived to crush the natives under their Christian heels, were only the last in a long line of ancient cultures to inhabit the area.
If you’re American or European (or from just about anywhere else), you will note that you are taller than the locals.
Many of the Indians have come out of the hills seeking work in Lima, which accounts for the high poverty rate around the city. You can spot them with their wide flat faces and
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