Peruvian Pandamonium - Lima

Lima is quite different to Santiago - no spectacular backdrop but cleaner, fewer dogs and amazing architecture. Pisco sours aren't as good (you Chileans were right). We're pretty much over the jet lag now and getting into the swing of travel - our Spanish is still crap but blank stares and big smiles (and gracias) tends to work. Had lunch yesterday at the Bolivar Hotel on Plaza San Martin - much better than the name (and the equivalent location at home) would imply. Paul wanted to go to a place called Norky's but they only served chicken breast - though today we did find Hooter's Peru, would you believe! Tonight we met up with some people we will travel around with ... an interesting cross-section of the world... Brits, Canadian, Kiwis and a couple who live ten minutes down the road from us in Adelaide. Jobs vary from beer delivery man, nurses (mental health and critical care, both of which could come in handy), yoga teacher, fisherman ... and who knows what else.
We have heard a lot about safety in Lima but haven't had any dramas - the streets looked pretty threatening on the way in from the airport (and the traffic is crazy) but we feel quite comfortable now.
Tomorrow we head to Pisco and finally out of the big cities for which Paul will be grateful.
By the way, Sally's global roaming is not working here so email is the best option for now.
Not a single yeti yet - we've asked for our money back but it's not going well for us...