We arrived in Lima around 15 minutes early at 2315. Yet again we proved that priority tags on the bags only impeded their progress, so much so this time we felt that they hadn’t made it. Eventually we were reunited with the bags and made our way outside customs. We felt like VIP’s, there was a guy in suit holding a board up with our names!! A couple of months ago I booked an extra night at the hotel just in case flights were delayed and they also organised a cab for us. As we were leaving with the driver another person called out “Mr. Winch”, it was the cruise tour rep. He explained that although we had ordered the cab privately, it was part of the package, and Princess would cover the cost. Nice!! The area around the airport was extremely busy with cars and basses even at 1AM, white lines on the road delineating lanes are purely decorative, cars go everywhere! We arrived at the hotel around 2AM and slept solidly until an Amber Alert on the phone woke us at 8AM. We’ve just finished breakfast, and went for a quick briefing on the activities for the next few days. We also booked a tour of of Lima and the surrounding area for this afternoon, which which I’ll put in a separate post. We did discover there is an archaeological site just across the road from here where they have discovered a pyramid, details if your interested at https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huaca_Pucllana and picture from the hotel below.
