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I had gotten to the Linea bus terminal 20 minutes before departure and got my ticket and dropped my backpack off in the office with all the other luggage. I got a ticket for it and then quickly got called on to the bus. Not realizing I was the last one on the bus (there was another line that I was in that I thought was the line to my bus but was mistaken). The bus started to leave and the whole time I was trying to look to make sure they had put my backpack in the back of the bus. I tried knocking on the door to the driver section and no one would answer, there was no way for me to get in touch with anyone in charge to stop the damn bus. I was freaking out because I hadn't seen them put my backpack in the back and there were multiple buses going to Lima so I could see them getting mixed up. Finally someone asnwered after I constantly knocked on the door, trying to explain in Spanish that I wanted to stop and check to make sure my backpack was in the back. I did have a ticket and he said it is back there so I just had to trust it. We stopped to get lunch at this nice restaurant and I ordered arroz verde con pollo...it was delicious! And tried the bubble gum Inka Cola. I asked if I could check for my bag again and I wasn't able to but the people around me said it should be fine so I just let it go.
Finally arrived in Lima around 7pm (2 hours late) from traffic and such. I had met a girl ont he bus from Switzerland and we split an uber to our hotels in Miraflores. My hotel was very fancy and it felt absolutely amazing to be in a hotel as opposed to a hostel. I turned on the tv and jimmy fallon was on with the fab 5, I was so happy! I went down to get dinner and then did some research, waiting for Lauren to arrive. She arrived around 11pm and we went to get food a this tiki bar across the street which had some yummy cocktails - the bartender gave us a shot as we were walking out haha and then we went to bed around 1am. We woke up in time for breakfast and then got ready to go explore Barranco (the hippie part of Lima). It was absoultely gorgrous with many graffiti colored walls and flowers surrounding buildings. The ocean view was spectaluar and we walked around a lot and then stopped to get ceviche at a rooftop restaurant with the view. It was perfect half day being on our own - I made sure to have Lauren try different fruits and we went to the Modern Museum which was interesting. We took a uber to make the 3pm Miraflores walking tour and got ice cream while waiting. The tour lasted about 3 hours and it was fantastic service, seeing the many sites of Lima - Kennedy Park (with cats), Chocoloate Museum, Inka Markets, Love Park, and Mall along the coast. It was time for dinner when we finished and we scrambled to find a Peruvian chicken restaurant but took a while to finally find a place - Pardos Chicken--it was perfect but the sauces weren't as great as expected. We were exhausted so went back to the area of our hotel, got a cocktail at this retro wine bar and discussed politics with the bartender from Venezuela. We had to be up in the morning for the day tour to Paracas (Ballestas Islands) and Huacachina Sand Dunes so we went to bed around midnight, woke up around 5am. The bus picked us up around 5:45am and we were off on the tour. Unforutnately the island boat tour got cancelled because of "weather conditions" but it was probably because of the PanAmerican games that were going on. So we sat ourside on the coast at a restaurant with the sun hitting us next to these two Swiss guys. We discussed a lot about the differences between our two countries and got some beer and it was a nice relaxing time. We got bsck on Peru hop and went to Huacachina were we went to get some more food and wine before getting on the dune buggy. Thankfully we got placed in the front and we were off. Took tons of pictures after a roller coaster over the sand dunes. Then our buggy stopped working and took more pictures and then went down the dunes with the body boards which were super fun! I had a blast and then we headed back, grabbed another cocktail and pizza to go. It was the best having the pesto pizza, but we almost missed the bus and at first weren't able to sit next to eachother until I talked a guy to move. We arrived back to the hotel by midnight and then packed up becuase we had to make our flight the next morning to Cusco. Huacachina oais absolutely spectaluar, it was just very disorganized and annoying to deal with timing/waiting on the guides, etc. But it was worth it in the end!
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