24-08-2011
The Indian bureaucracy never fails to amaze me. We spent our entire day there, did get the visas so it ended well. We were asked to show our tickets for India, the website specifically states not to buy the tickets till you get the visa. We then put our details on a website for tickets and in the bit where we can review the booking before confirming we printed it. That was our pretence tickets and that is what we were told to do. We actually booked our tickets as soon as we got the visa.
When we were at the embassy we had to evacuate the building due to an earthquake, we never even felt it. Watched a lot of Hindi tv while we were waiting, loved all the drama, even the 15 minute teleshopping commercial had tears, hugs and miracles.
Skipped the group dinner and went to explore as much as we could of Lima's old town. Really pretty at night but also busy. The two main Plazas - San Martin and de Armas have beautiful buildings and connected by a bustling pedestrian pathway. There are some lovely leather shoe shops on that path. The ones I liked were not in my size, disappointing.
Jeevan's latest name is Pablo, it's easier than repeating his real one at takeaways. Managed to get a vegetarian burrito , I think our Spanish is improving.
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