Lima Arrival

We arrived in Lima as scheduled after a five and a half hour flight from Miami. We got Gidget’s dosage right because she was really good on the flight (i.e., mostly slept, didn’t beg much to get out of the carrier, etc.). We got through Immigration / Customs without any hiccups and because we had a dog and kids they put us through the priority line. We had to do a secondary registration for Gidget, which was the first (but not last) time asking our translator (a.k.a. Colin) for help.

We met our pre-arranged taxi driver outside, though he claimed I only indicated four passengers and five suitcases. Amazingly everything fit into the car and we made the 45 minute drive to our AirBnB. At this point, Gidget hadn’t gone to the bathroom in nearly 10 hours. We shared that with our driver who stopped at a small park en route. We got to our apartment, the security guard was expecting us and gave us our key, and we got into our apartment with no issues.

The apartment we rented is a two-story unit on the twelve floor of a building in Miraflores. The first level contains three bedrooms (four beds) and two full bathrooms. There is sufficient space for clothes, suitcases, etc. The second floor has the living room, kitchen, and a large outdoor terrace. We knew the lack of a clothes dryer and dishwasher would take some adjusting to, but we would make it work. While the overall unit is small, it is what we expected and big enough for our needs. The outdoor terrace is particularly awesome, though it would be 100X better if the weather was nicer (more on that later). 

So after a long travel day, we settled in for a good night's sleep … at least as good as you can expect when you realize you are living in a major metropolitan area with lots of cars, people, and NOISE. More on that latter too.

Overall, we were really happy to have made it to Peru without many hiccups and looking forward to enjoying this experience. More updates and photos to come …