Yeah, I noticed that as well, but I didn't think mustache as much as it makes it look like she smokes all the time. However, rest assured, she doesn't smoke and doesn't have a mustache.
I assume you're staying in old town? Renting a bike and riding down the beach to the Bocagrande area is a good way to spend a couple hours if you don't mind sweating your ass off a bit. When I went it was september and still really hot/humid. Demente was a cool little place for food/drinks in Getsemani. Cafe Havana was cool for drinks as well. More of the nightlife was in Getsemani and the clubs are all along one street on the water. The part of old town within the walls was pretty dead at night.
Should I take part in an ayahuasca ceremony? I'm still on the fence. We finish our trek/Machu Picchu on Friday, and my friend leaves Saturday morning. My flight leaves Lima back to the States on Sunday at 11 PM. I have two choices: (a) Finish MP on Friday, wake up Saturday and do an all-day ayahuasca ceremony in Cusco, fly back to Lima Sunday/back to the states that night (b) Finish MP on Friday, wake up Saturday and catch a flight to Lima, party in Lima one last Saturday night, fly back Sunday (we land Thursday at 11 in Lima, have all day Friday there, and fly to Cusco on Saturday)
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How big a barrier is knowing Spanish to traveling to Colombia? I would love to visit there but my spanish is terrible and I don't really know anyone that is any better.
Headed to Portland for a long weekend this evening - any must-see breweries, bars, or restaurants? It'll just be 2 couples and we'll be spending a lot of time in the NW 21st area and the Pearl district.
Far fewer people here speak English, in my opinion, than do in Mexico or Spain. Between the three of us here, we can understand or piece together everything they say usually. I'd say just book in advance and use some duolingo everyday before you leave.
Yeah, you need at least some basic conversational spanish. Certainly more than just hola, gracias, etc. Just about the only people that spoke english were the ones that worked at hostels. Even people at nice hotels pretty much only spoke spanish, and no one at restaurants spoke it either.
Motorcycle trip to Scotland begins tomorrow. Been sunny and dry for two months.Forecast for the next week? Rain. Yaaaaay....
Just downloaded this. I've heard the same thing about Peru, i.e., not as much English as you would think. My spanish is embarrassingly bad, despite 2 years in college.
No, but I will if I can find it. Just looked it up. I'm actually going to be close to John o Grotes where they started.
Peru definitely has more english speakers than Colombia by a fair margin in my experience. Nowhere in latin america though is the english up to what you see in main tourist countries of Europe and Asia though.
I love it. The weather is brutal, but the people here are so much more genuine than in Mexico and seem much more interested in you having a great impression of their country. I'm here until Tuesday, renting a boat on Saturday and bringing some girls we met at a rooftop party last night. Other than that, eating and drinking as well as possible, basically.
Its a great documentary since you ride. Long way down and long way around are both 8 hour long episodes.
They weather was so damn hot and humid when I was there too. So you're just in Cartagena the whole time? Medellin is pretty awesome if you are stopping there at all.
I'm in the process of scheduling a visit to Medellin for next year. Chance I might move there as well.
It's my second favorite city in south america. Weather is much milder than the coast since its at elevation, and the zona rosa is one of the best party districts, if not the best, I've ever been in the world.
Just read Emirates is adding a dubai to Panama city route and it will become the worlds longest flight at 17 hours 35 minutes
damn that's a long flight I often see the Qantas A380 landing at DFW and always think of how miserable all 300+ people on that flight must be at that moment after being on that plane for 17 hours. I've been on a couple of flights approaching 16 hours from Dubai to DFW and Dubai to Houston and regardless of the class you're sitting in you're pretty much ready to jump out the window by the time you're close to landing
Yea Dubai to atl was like 15 and even being hammered drunk it was so fucking miserable. The best trip I had was actually the one I passed out in the aisle like three hours in. Between the oxygen they made me breathe, the first class pillow and a couple other things, I slept the next 12 hours.
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the funny thing is that not AA/US doesn't have international service from any of those cities, yet they are cheaper than flying out of a hub that does
Would never do that. Did NYC to Hong Kong which was like 16+ hours and it was just terrible. 11-12 is about all I could handle.
I hate layovers just as much. Although I've learned to sleep on the floor and that's quite nice despite people judging me
Question guys... I land in Zurich on Thursday morning at like 9. Train schedule looks like it'll go through Lichtenstein on the way to Vienna (which will be my first time there, and staying in a private room in Wombats if anyone has reccos). I can stop in Lichtenstein to eat lunch, and basically just say I've been there and get to Vienna at like 9-10. Or I can just not leave the train and arrive in Vienna at like 630. Currently leaning the latter, what would y'all do?
Get to Vienna at 630 and go to Mafioso's for dinner. Hands down the best pizza I've ever had and cheap for Vienna. That depends on which Wombats your staying at of course.
I think it's the same one you stayed at? Pretty sure it's the newer one. Wombats City Hostel Vienna - at the Naschmarkt Rechte Wienzeile 35 If so, how's their bar?
That's what everyone says, so I am planning it on playing it by ear. I'll ask the train attendant when buying the ticket what the latest I'd get in would be.
Yea that's it. Pretty good bar. You have to have pizza at that place. It's a short walk away and is on par with Croatia and Rome as best pizza I've ever had. Was like 5 euros for a full pizza.
I'd stop, just to add another country to the list. Not a whole lot you're going to miss getting in a few hours later.
I know a couple people from yacht week doing it while they spend the year traveling. I'll ask them how it's going.
Yea that may be what I do next year. Thinking about giving it a trial run while I'm actually in the house.
I kind of want to since I'm gone so much for work but I'd have to have someone in the area that could manage it and right now I don't know anyone that would.
3 more days. Eating here for lunch on Friday, supposedly the best ceviche in Lima: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g294316-d779051-Reviews-La_Mar-Lima_Lima_Region.html