Peru - treats of Lima, spiritual Amazon jungle visit and the navel of the Inka empire
Ecuador didn‘t make it easy for us to leave, while already at the gate Diana was called out and then taken into a police room to search her bags for drugs. Apparently interesting to observe the procedure, the officer let her go just in time before gate closure. And even her bag made it to the plane and eventually Lima. The capital of Peru, widespread and massive at the coast, with 12-14 million people is one of the biggest cities and considered the food capital of South America. We stayed in Miraflores, the yuppie neighborhood where it felt like being somewhere in the US: wide streets, lanes for micro mobility, palm trees and parks with people exercising next to the beach where plenty of surfers enjoyed the waves, clean and modern streets and buildings, nice restaurants and a functioning public transportation system. We enjoyed a yoga class, barbershop & nail salon, some local cuisine (although once again vegetarian options - required for out pre-ayahuasca diet - where hard to find...