Dia 9 y 10 Buenos Dias Lima - traveling recklessly by bike

Day 9

The evening before we recklessly booked a bike tour - now you ask yourself - recklessly, why? Well, it wasn't because we were unsportsmanlike. On the way to the meeting point we found out why this was so careless. Thanks to an Uber who showed us why the horn was needed and how to get the right of way to move forward, we drove to the meeting point without incident. We even got there much earlier than planned. So we still had time to withdraw Sol for the first time and get a SIM card. We are now mobile! And that's damn important. Because - I personally don't give a damn about apps - but Uber is mega. Super simple, reliable and you won't get ripped off. Here in Peru you can drive anywhere for an hour - for less than 2 euros. What do the poor people deserve? But good. At the meeting point we received the bikes and a plan of how the city is structured. But we were pleasantly surprised because there were cycle paths almost everywhere. Well developed and mostly on one-way streets with limited traffic or right by the sea. Just look at the pictures. After a good 3 hours we had reached the most important points and were back at the meeting point too early. What else do you do at lunchtime other than taking a break? Well, we went to a bar next door. More like a sales stand for Pisco Sour. But now I have my Peruschnaps for the collection and shortly after 2 p.m. after the national drink Pisco sour I had quite a bit in my tea :DMaria, the owner, a really nice, heartwarming person, started talking to us. Most of the time the conversations are briefly in English and then it becomes multilingual. Spanish English and hand and foot. She gave us tips on where we should go, that we should make it to the old town today and that we absolutely had to go there and eat and dance a lot. After we tipped her the equivalent of 4 euros, she had to cry - apparently we had paid her weekly salary with it. She didn't want to accept it and couldn't understand why we were giving her so much. That was a really nice encounter - which really touched me personally. After your tip, we handed over the bikes. Really funny guy too. He just meant typical Germans, they can drink :DWe then took the Uber to the old town. Nice places, but a lot of hustle and bustle. Unfortunately, the main square was closed to a number of demos that day. There were maybe a lot of people and it was loud. Dear civil servant demonstration: We should copy something here! ;)
Later we took an Uber back to the accommodation.
Unfortunately we made a mistake while cycling. Cycling - as expected - was not reckless because of the traffic, but because of the lack of sun. True to the motto. Let's save on sunscreen, which is always so expensive, and we got boiled lobster in the evening. So we had to shorten the 10th day a little - shorter only meant 20,000 steps 😱

Day 10

First we had to sleep in - so it was time to party from 7 a.m. and annoy Laura and ask her if she was awake every 5 minutes.
We set off around 10. Towards Pachacamac. Ordered Uber. Great app - I repeat it for all travelers among you! 90 minutes one way. 50 Sol so just under 13 euros. Crazy. So we drove to the ruins of Pachacamac, looked at them and drove back. Our conversation with the Uber driver was also interesting. He loves music and is a songwriter and singer himself. His music was really good. I would have liked to talk to him more about it. But the language barrier was often too great. At 5 p.m. we went shopping and simply enjoyed the sunset from the Airbnb. There was delicious yogurt with blueberries. By the way, this is now also available in the morning. If I don't finally lose weight here, then I don't know what will. We ended the day early because we had to get up at 3:30 on day 11. :)
Freddy and Laura from Lima wish you a nice weekend