A very leisurely morning was had, during which we ate a delicious buffet breakfast (omelette or eggs benedict anyone?) and later about, in my case, finishing my book. We were then escorted to the boat, saying a reluctant goodbye to the Hacienda Concepcion lodge. Waiting for us in the boat was our guide, Fray, who was due his six days off in thirty, and was using them to go to Cusco.
The boat took us back to the port in Puerto Maldonado, where we were bussed over to a butterfly farm near the airport. Here we found a number of beautiful butterflies. We have seen hundreds of butterflies during our time both in and out of the jungle, but it was nice to see so many different species in one place. When we had had our fill of butterflies, we went across the road to the airport and checked in.
Slightly annoyingly, our flight had been changed, which meant rather than going direct to Lima, we now stopped in Cusco. This all went smoothly however - it being a domestic flight we could remain ok the plane for the duration, and we arrived on time in Lima at about two o'clock. We have already been to Lima airport twice before, but this was the first time in the daylight. We ordered an official "Green" taxi for 55 soles, and set off towards Lima Central.
The traffic in Lima is terrible, and it took us an hour to travel 30km! We were very hungry when we arrived, so we found a nice little restaurant and orderes "Ceviche pescado" (raw fish) as well as something we couldn't translate, called "tacu tacu". We so chose this as it didn't appear to come with rice, but ironically tacu tacu turned out to be a sort of fried rice dish with beef. It was tasty though, and we rounded off out meal with two cheap, stodgy and welcomingly sweet pastries from a local bakery.
Although early, we then went back to the hotel and did some reading, before falling asleep. Personally I'm sure I'm still tired from a combination of trekking and getting up for the clay lick - doesn't bode well for my "staying awake on the plane" tactic!
The boat took us back to the port in Puerto Maldonado, where we were bussed over to a butterfly farm near the airport. Here we found a number of beautiful butterflies. We have seen hundreds of butterflies during our time both in and out of the jungle, but it was nice to see so many different species in one place. When we had had our fill of butterflies, we went across the road to the airport and checked in.
Slightly annoyingly, our flight had been changed, which meant rather than going direct to Lima, we now stopped in Cusco. This all went smoothly however - it being a domestic flight we could remain ok the plane for the duration, and we arrived on time in Lima at about two o'clock. We have already been to Lima airport twice before, but this was the first time in the daylight. We ordered an official "Green" taxi for 55 soles, and set off towards Lima Central.
The traffic in Lima is terrible, and it took us an hour to travel 30km! We were very hungry when we arrived, so we found a nice little restaurant and orderes "Ceviche pescado" (raw fish) as well as something we couldn't translate, called "tacu tacu". We so chose this as it didn't appear to come with rice, but ironically tacu tacu turned out to be a sort of fried rice dish with beef. It was tasty though, and we rounded off out meal with two cheap, stodgy and welcomingly sweet pastries from a local bakery.
Although early, we then went back to the hotel and did some reading, before falling asleep. Personally I'm sure I'm still tired from a combination of trekking and getting up for the clay lick - doesn't bode well for my "staying awake on the plane" tactic!
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