Saturday, 28 March, 2015. Melbourne to Lima
Day one of the South American adventure is pretty much over, and of course it's more like two days because I've had Saturday twice. I am happy to report that the journey was uneventful, which is just what you want when you are flying.
The highlight was the view of the Andes as we descended into Santiago and then again as we flew north towards Lima - hundreds of kilometres of rugged snow-capped mountains in a long line. My neighbour, a young Argentinian man, told me that the view will be spectacular when we fly over them to Argentina and that we will probably experience quite a bit of turbulence. That's something for Lorraine to look forward to!
Lima has a population of nine million and is very popular with surfers. We drove along a coast road en route to the hotel and saw quite a few of them. It was great to be picked up at the airport and delivered to our accommodation. Arturo from Chimu Adventures had some good advice re altitude in Cuzco and where to stock up on bottled water here. There's a supermarket over the road, but it took me a while to find it as its underground, with cafes and other shops at ground level. Arturo's advice is to drink lots of water to prevent altitude sickness, so I have come home with gallons of the stuff as well as some platano chips for my dinner tonight. I think it's around lunchtime Sunday in Melbourne but it's about to be my bedtime.
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Glad to hear you arrived safely. Spectacular photo already.
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