Lima: The Delaplaine 2020 Long Weekend Guide

By Andrew Delaplaine

A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in LIMA, the wonderfully exotic city in Peru.

“I’d never been to Lima before, but this book was the perfect introduction.”
--- Winnie S., Nashville

“We’d planned to go up into the mountains to see Machu Picchu (like everybody else), but we were so entranced by Lima that we never made it.”
--- Carol M., Louisville

You'll save a lot of time using this concise guide.

=Lodgings variously priced

=Fine & budget restaurants, more than enough listings to give you a sense of the variety to be found.

=Principal attractions -- don't waste your precious time on the lesser ones. We've done all the work for you.

=A handful of interesting shopping ideas.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andrew Delaplaine
• Release date: Oct 17, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463096505

Andrew Delaplaine

Delaplaine lives on South Beach, Miami’s Billion Dollar Sandbar. He writes in widely varied fields: screenplays, novels (adult and juvenile) and journalism. He also has a series of Long Weekend Guides covering some 50 cities around the world. Email: [e-mail] He writes several series: The “JACK HOUSTON ST. CLAIR” political thriller novels. “THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES IV,” a series of novels starring the great-great-grandson of the famous consulting detective. “THE ANNALS OF SANTOPIA” series, an epic that follows a Santa born in 1900 through to his death 82 years later. The AMOS FREEMAN police thrillers. Other novels: “The Trap Door” follows a boy who is taken back in time to 1594 and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. “The Meter Maid Murders,” a comic look at a detective trying to nab a serial killer on South Beach who only murders meter maids. Has written and directed three features (one doc, two narrative features), as well as several short films and won several awards for his film work. (See imdb.com for details).  His latest film, “Meeting Spencer,” starring Jeffrey Tambor, won the prestigious Milan International Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay.  DELAPLAINE’S “LONG WEEKEND” GUIDES These no-nonsense guides contain Delaplaine’s recommendations and advice for travelers visiting these places for 3 or 4 days. As "The Food Enthusiast," he writes a series of restaurants guides, updated annually. He has no hobbies.

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LIMA

The Delaplaine

2020

Long Weekend Guide

Andrew Delaplaine

NO BUSINESS HAS PAID A SINGLE PENNY OR GIVEN ANYTHING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK.

Senior Editors - Renee & Sophie Delaplaine

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 – WHY LIMA?

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Chapter 2 – GETTING ABOUT

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Chapter 3 – WHERE TO STAY

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Chapter 4 – WHERE TO EAT

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Chapter 5 – NIGHTLIFE

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Chapter 6 – WHAT TO SEE & DO

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Chapter 7 –  SHOPPING & SERVICES

Chapter 1

WHY LIMA?

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There are many things that you will find confusing in not only Lima, but the whole country of Peru as well, starting with its twisted and convoluted history, its fascinating if sometimes unappreciated ethnic mix of its population, all the way down to its mad drivers who create one of the worst traffic nightmares in any country I’ve visited. When you cross the street, do it with 3 or 4 others at the same time—maybe the crazy motorists will veer away from you.

There are thousands of taxis and busses filling the streets, and you will find some of the most dangerous traffic in the world right here in Lima. The buses come in many sizes: large ones, medium ones, small ones. Some of them are so packed you wonder how the occupants breathe.

Situated as it is on the Pacific coast, Lima rests on a massive cliff that rises 10 or 12 stories above the beach. It is quite dramatic.

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There are hundreds of people hauling around backpacks and they all seem to be going to Cuzco and Machu Picchu. While I have always wanted to make the trek up into the mountains to see Machu Picchu, by the time I first got to Peru, Lima held far more fascination for me, so I skipped it.

You will quickly learn that the Incas, though they were dominant at the time the Spanish arrived to crush the natives under their Christian heels, were only