We had an appointment with the Irish Consulate this morning to sort out Charlie with a new passport. The Irish Consulate in Lima is officially the easiest job in the world! This Irish/ Canadian guy Michael lives in a really nice house with his maid & secretary. Basically his secretary does all the paperwork & he signs the forms.
We made our way over to the tourist police station to get an offcial report to say Charlie`s passport was robbed in Lima rather than Quito to save explaining how we got over the border. We brought the report over to Michael & Charlie decided to tell him the real story of the mugging in Quito & how we got over the border, to which his reply was "....i don`t give a shit!" classic. I wouldn`t say Michael gives a shit about most things!! The most easy going man you'd ever meet.
We headed back to the hostel after to met Oran & Tal to go and visit one of Lima's only tourist attractions, this park full of fountains as it was described to us. Turned out to be really impressive, the park has like a dozen different fountains you can run through etc. Plus boasts the highest fountain in the world. Just by chance the Latin American Idol winner was giving a concert at the park that night which seemed to be a pretty big deal & the park filled up with local fans. So we were getting excited at this stage!
The concert was a bit rubbish but I managed to slide pass security & ended up standing at the edge of the stage beside a group of dancers who were confused by my laughing and taking photos. I got busted then because Ro, Charlie & the Israeli lads were laughing so hard in the crowd & pointing over at me. The security guard didn't find it so funny!
Back to the hostel for some more poker with Omar & his other Israeli buddys. Omar was keen to make his money back off us tonight because we pulled the piss out of him so much the night before. I ended up spliting the pot with him so he was happy enough, bit of a hussler I think!
We met up with a local guide at the hostel - Alberto who turned out to be a true legend & really made our stay in Lima. We organised a surf for the next day & fishing the day after.
Back down to Pizza Street to a local nightclub with a big group from the hostel, the club was empty but we made our own fun. Charlie got stung by a local rose salesman who he though was saying free when he was actually saying 3! But Charlie ended up getting the roses back & selling them on at a profit, Bill Cullen eat your heart out!!
Joe
We made our way over to the tourist police station to get an offcial report to say Charlie`s passport was robbed in Lima rather than Quito to save explaining how we got over the border. We brought the report over to Michael & Charlie decided to tell him the real story of the mugging in Quito & how we got over the border, to which his reply was "....i don`t give a shit!" classic. I wouldn`t say Michael gives a shit about most things!! The most easy going man you'd ever meet.
We headed back to the hostel after to met Oran & Tal to go and visit one of Lima's only tourist attractions, this park full of fountains as it was described to us. Turned out to be really impressive, the park has like a dozen different fountains you can run through etc. Plus boasts the highest fountain in the world. Just by chance the Latin American Idol winner was giving a concert at the park that night which seemed to be a pretty big deal & the park filled up with local fans. So we were getting excited at this stage!
The concert was a bit rubbish but I managed to slide pass security & ended up standing at the edge of the stage beside a group of dancers who were confused by my laughing and taking photos. I got busted then because Ro, Charlie & the Israeli lads were laughing so hard in the crowd & pointing over at me. The security guard didn't find it so funny!
Back to the hostel for some more poker with Omar & his other Israeli buddys. Omar was keen to make his money back off us tonight because we pulled the piss out of him so much the night before. I ended up spliting the pot with him so he was happy enough, bit of a hussler I think!
We met up with a local guide at the hostel - Alberto who turned out to be a true legend & really made our stay in Lima. We organised a surf for the next day & fishing the day after.
Back down to Pizza Street to a local nightclub with a big group from the hostel, the club was empty but we made our own fun. Charlie got stung by a local rose salesman who he though was saying free when he was actually saying 3! But Charlie ended up getting the roses back & selling them on at a profit, Bill Cullen eat your heart out!!
Joe
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