Wandering About in Miraflores

So today we stayed in as long as we could until we had to checkout last minute, which was 1 pm. The people there at El Zagnan was so nice. They saved breakfast for us so we had a bit of brunch before heading out to the Los Girasoles Hotel just down half a block where we had registered via GAP Adventures.

After checking in we headed out first to get some moola as we are both running out. The ATM machines here give the option of Spanish or English which was very nice and it also gives you the choice of US dollars or Peru Soles which was another bonus. We've read in most forums that using debit cards are much better than credit cards. I've noticed that most people prefer cash esp for hotels and other places despite them having the option of taking credit cards. 

We walked around the plaza again... the other streets surrounding it that we have yet gone to. After a while we needed a change and decided to head out to another market just down the coastal line. As we walked towards it, we came across the Lover's Park (Parque del Amor). We weren't sure where it was but it was nice to stumble across it today. You can't miss it as there is this big statue of a couple embracing and kissing. And all over the park, you see couples all over showing their affection and love for one another. There's also a lady there selling roses! It's not all couples there as along the park is a walkway that stretches across the coast and beach. We walked along this walkway hoping to find the paragliding place we had on our agenda. We found another company instead but may not go with them as I wasn't sure about them. We'll call the ones we had tomorrow and see if we have enough wind to pull us up and about. Today was pretty chilly and windy so I would think it there will be enough wind.

We pretty much walked until we reached a park where kids were bmxing on man-made dirt park and skateboarding on the ramps. It's pretty cool to have this for the kids to play on. And some were pretty good. It was by this time my left hamstring was hurting a bit. I feel so broken and it's only been a week and a bit and the real test hasn't even started! I may need to get a tensor bandage in case which sucks because I thought I wouldn't need one and didn't bring one. I'm sure the pharmacy will have one here as there pharms are pretty good and you can always get what you see in your own pharms at home I'm sure with some exceptions. 

We came back at bit earlier as it was getting chilly here by 7 pm and we were tired from our long walk. We found out that there is a little night market in a way set up in the plaza as we trekked through towards our hotel. You can find all kinds of trinkets esp. cheap jewelry. It was pretty packed there tonight. 

Anyways, we are here waiting for Steve and Helen to arrive ... 2 more people to join us! They will be arriving probably at 2 am as there was a huge lineup at customs for us when we arrived at the airport in Lima at 12 am and didn't get out there til an hour and a half. Crazy I tell ya!

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