Day 1
Starting with completely positive attitudes, the entire team was piled up at the Copenhagen Airport at 4.30 on Thursday morning. Thoroughly disappointed to find that our flight to Amsterdam with the trust-worthy airline KLM was canceled, it was not hard to calculate that we would consequently miss our flight to Lima. There is only one flight per day to Lima, and this meant that we would have to be delayed an entire day. This pattern of bad luck was surprisingly similar to that of the previous team of 2006.
After missing the flight, we waited. And waited. And waited. By 14.20 we filed in a row into the plane that was to take us to Amsterdam. Finally. We arrived at Hotel Van Der Valk and had a great time in the pool. We realized that it was all for the best, really. We would end up charging an entire hotel stay and team-building pool experience on our favorite airline KLM and on top of that, we would take a plane to our destination (Mancora) after Lima, instead of a 14-hour night-bus ride that could possibly turn out to be a terrible experience. We would initially be missing only one day in Lima and no time in Mancora.
By Ezgi
Day 2
Even a second ridiculously early flight could not dampen our spirits, as Team Peru boarded the flight to Lima. After 13 hours straight of in-flight “entertainment”, we finally arrived in Lima; sweaty and exhausted, but quietly exhilarated to finally be in Peru! We checked into El Carmel Hostel, ordered pizza’s and finally collapsed into bed… but not for long….
By Maddie
Day 3
After around 3-4 hours of sleep, we then set off for Mancora. At around 1.30 a.m. we were all eating the delicious ham and chicken toasts before the bus journey to Lima Airport. Marco (the bus driver) got us there in good time and as we drove, we saw both the American impact on Lima as well as the poor lifestyle, which is very hard to miss. We took off and landed well with all our baggage onboard. We got into our groups and prepared for a two and a half hour taxi ride, to our beautiful beach house in Mancora. The trip was incredible, and for the first time we saw the beautiful landscape and culture, which we had heard so much of. Seeing mountains under a cloudless sky was something one would never experience in good old Denmark.
We arrived with big excitement after finally arriving after a hectic traveling and little sleep, mostly because of my lovely snoring. The house was “the best” and it had a perfect location along with several rooms and a nice pool. Even though the difference in time was confusing, there was and will be nothing that can stop Team Peru, after this chaotic beginning of our Peruvian adventure.
By Marcus
Starting with completely positive attitudes, the entire team was piled up at the Copenhagen Airport at 4.30 on Thursday morning. Thoroughly disappointed to find that our flight to Amsterdam with the trust-worthy airline KLM was canceled, it was not hard to calculate that we would consequently miss our flight to Lima. There is only one flight per day to Lima, and this meant that we would have to be delayed an entire day. This pattern of bad luck was surprisingly similar to that of the previous team of 2006.
After missing the flight, we waited. And waited. And waited. By 14.20 we filed in a row into the plane that was to take us to Amsterdam. Finally. We arrived at Hotel Van Der Valk and had a great time in the pool. We realized that it was all for the best, really. We would end up charging an entire hotel stay and team-building pool experience on our favorite airline KLM and on top of that, we would take a plane to our destination (Mancora) after Lima, instead of a 14-hour night-bus ride that could possibly turn out to be a terrible experience. We would initially be missing only one day in Lima and no time in Mancora.
By Ezgi
Day 2
Even a second ridiculously early flight could not dampen our spirits, as Team Peru boarded the flight to Lima. After 13 hours straight of in-flight “entertainment”, we finally arrived in Lima; sweaty and exhausted, but quietly exhilarated to finally be in Peru! We checked into El Carmel Hostel, ordered pizza’s and finally collapsed into bed… but not for long….
By Maddie
Day 3
After around 3-4 hours of sleep, we then set off for Mancora. At around 1.30 a.m. we were all eating the delicious ham and chicken toasts before the bus journey to Lima Airport. Marco (the bus driver) got us there in good time and as we drove, we saw both the American impact on Lima as well as the poor lifestyle, which is very hard to miss. We took off and landed well with all our baggage onboard. We got into our groups and prepared for a two and a half hour taxi ride, to our beautiful beach house in Mancora. The trip was incredible, and for the first time we saw the beautiful landscape and culture, which we had heard so much of. Seeing mountains under a cloudless sky was something one would never experience in good old Denmark.
We arrived with big excitement after finally arriving after a hectic traveling and little sleep, mostly because of my lovely snoring. The house was “the best” and it had a perfect location along with several rooms and a nice pool. Even though the difference in time was confusing, there was and will be nothing that can stop Team Peru, after this chaotic beginning of our Peruvian adventure.
By Marcus
New photos on http://picasaweb.google.com/teamperudk
3 comments:
Hi Team Peru
This is a great way to learn about your adventure. Thank you for the update on the long journey and to learn that you still managed to arrive when you were supposed to in Mancora. Great pictures. What at beautiful beach....
love Marianne (Maria's mom)
Hello Team Peru!
Great pictures! - Pls. keep them coming. Good to see that you are all alive and kicking!
(One of your better hats, Ben!)
Love
Eva (Catharina's mom)
HI Guys, great to see you all and to read about your dyas. Wish we were there with you, miss you loads. Mum, Ardal, Stella, and Dad.
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