This is just a punk rock song!

Our second day in Lima was spent doing some lightweight sight-seeing with the British backpacker girl (Abby) and her two friends Sarah and Jo: we took a cab to the central square, Plaza de Armas, and spent 45min stuck in smelly, noisy traffic (I strongly believe cars imported to Peru should not be equipped with horns) before seeing some very nice colonial buildings, and grabbing a delicious lunch at a local eatery. My ceviche mixto and pescado saltado rocked, and everyone else seemed pretty happy with theirs too. We originally planned to go visit some museums, but after the long lunch and a visit to the local market (where you could, e.g., buy pretty freshly butchered ducks) we were all pretty tired, so headed back to our respective hostels for a quick siesta.

In the evening we went to check out a concert. Newfound Glory, a punk pop band from Florida, were playing Lima. Abby had been seated next to the band´s guitarist on her flight in, and got an invitation to the gig, and asked if we were interested in going. Turned out to be a good night out - the band definitely had an energetic stage presence, even if the sound was a little muddled (but hey, it´s punk anyway). After a bunch of chellas and caipirinhas (yeah, yeah, they´re Brazilian, but I happen to like them) we transitioned to the hostel bar and hit the sack around 2am.

The following morning was slow, Santeri and I had a long breakfast with a Californian backpacker bum we´d met in the hostel bar the night before. And when I say bum, I mean it literally - he turned up in Lima with no money, and ended up working in the hostel bar to pay for his bed and meals. He doesn´t actually get paid, he just literally gets a bed in a dorm and 3 meals a day (total value probably around $10/day). Well, that gives him a bit of a break before getting back to his ceramics & mathematics double major.

Headed to the airport in the afternoon to fly to Cuzco. Miraculously, despite the way Limenos drive, we made it in one piece.