A Glimpse of Peru
A Glimpse
This is my last post for the year 2025, but I don't want to make it like a look back post. There are plenty of them on that topic and I don't see a reason to do it. Instead I will do it just like the way it is for me. I spent the last few days of this year in Lima, Peru. So it will be a travel post.
First of all, my knowledge of Peru is limited. I have never been there before this trip. Even on this trip, I basically stayed at Lima for business purposes, and had no time to venture outside of town. So Cusco, Machu Pichu etc will have to wait. I stayed at Miraflores which is a fine place, and able to do several walks around The Malecón de Miraflores, which is perhaps one of the most popular tourist area of Lima. Here you can see the sun setting in the Pacific for the year at the Chinese Garden area.
There is a strong surfing scene down below as well which can't be visible on this image due to the shadows, but you can see linear and evenly spaced regular surf down below. It is not my thing, and I didn't have any time to get into the water, so I can't tell you how's the water.
However, I can comment on the local vibe though and it is fit and energetic in this area of the town. People are out and about very late. They are walking and running all over. I am happy to see that people walk a lot and using public transport.
This is the same area during regular daylight looking south. It is often not easy to get clear skies in Lima, I am told. It is often cloudy, but it rarely rains here:), the irony. I learned that the city receives almost no rainfall (averaging only about 9mm per year), its water supply is almost entirely dependent on runoff from the Andes Mountains. The primary water source for Lima is the Rímac River, which provides approximately 80% of the city's surface water.
Evening-Morning Cafes
The other thing that I enjoyed a lot during my few days at Lima is the 'cafe culture'. If you are a business traveler, then you know one of the most uncomfortable thing is to go to lunch and/or dinner on your own, if you have a free day. Yes, business lunches and dinners are fine, trust me, they get old soon enough :) So you typically crave to have a meal without the business conversations. The trouble is the iconic "table for one" concept in the US :) I won't explain it more for people who are not used to it, as it is a sad expressions in the US, not really is lots of other part of the world.
That cafe above is Rutina, and there is nothing routine about it. It is a charming and friendly place with excellent flat white and chicken quesadilla.
In Lima, the cafe culture works great in numerous charming cafes, where there are a lot of locals who go there not just for a coffee, but also for a meal. That swells I think. I had tried I think at least four different cafes in four days, which is a lot for me.
A simple egg-avocado-egg sandwich with a glass of orange juice can be so tasty that I had no idea at Piola cafe above.
Toast and scrambled eggs at DUAL miraflores with Flat White is just as good. It is clear that I didn't have a bad meal at Lima, and notice that I am largely skipping ceviche and sea food dinners, as most people always talk about them, and yes, they are great! But I like the cafe culture better.
PS: I just wrote my 157th post for the year! My second most active year in the Hive blockchain so far!
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Greetings! I loved your last post from 2025, because traveling is exciting, even when it's for work. I hope you return to this country and visit those iconic places, but for now, those sunset views and the coffee made it all worthwhile. I hope things continue to go great for you in 2026 and that your passion for Hive continues! ✌️
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You are welcome. I love to visit more of Peru for sure.
Looks great and congrats to all your 156 posts in 2025.
Nice graphic for all the years…
Thank you. I use hive blockchain as my journal. Can't take the credit of the graphics they are from a tool @holoz0r developed.
https://holoz0r.github.io/HiveReportCard/
You should try it yourself.
Looks like a gorgeous place to spend a New Year at! Looks like a great weather there judging by the way people are dressed and the fact that you can have your meal outside...
Yes, 65-74; perfect weather!
Looks like a beautiful place! The food looks pretty amazing too. I'd love to visit South America one day, but I don't know as though I will ever make it there. Europe will probably come before that.
From Houston it's a 6 hrs flight and no jet lag, makes it very convenient.
Ah, that's not bad at all then! Makes sense!
You certainly have written some great posts last year. And travelled a lot! Rather envious. Lima looks lovely. Surf looks okay. Certainly looks tempting - I'm laid up with a hip impingement and figuring out how I can still surf, travel without ongoing chronic pain. Sigh. Ferling the cafe and sunset vibes from here! HNY.
I have pinched nerves between L3-L4 and my left leg is going numb slowly :) Still traveling as much as I can. Maybe they will replace my whole spine with metal and then it would be good :) :)
Joking of course. Pain management is normal these days, I have just learned to live with pain.
Yeah travelled a lot in 2025! Way too much :)
It's weird how you learn to live with it!!! Thanks for being an inspiration in that case! Prob is sitting makes it worse, and a 24 hr flight and the planned car journey may not help.... But onwards and upwards!
https://www.reddit.com/r/Outdoors/comments/1q0xigb/clear_skies_in_lima_peru/
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Great story before your 2025 Hive journey ends. You see, December comes with recollection and I'm happy to read your remembering of Peru. You have walked for sure memorable places and Peru is not an exception. May you be able to visit more places this year, destinations you'll carry in your whole journey and next time you see yourself in the same new year recollection day, you'll be writing about them next like this post. It was a long journey for sure and I greet you a Happy New Year and a congratulations for reaching another year with your name engraved here in this platform. ❤️
Thank you for the compliments.
Lima looks and sounds like a great destination. Still on my to go to list for now, but maybe this year.
WOW congratulations on your great posting record for 2025. That's awesome!
Happy New Year to you.
Lima looks and sounds like a great destination. Still on my to go to list for now, but maybe this year. My furthest down South America is Costa Rica and Panama so far.
WOW congratulations on your great posting record for 2025. That's awesome!
Happy New Year to you.
Thank you. The limited that I saw was charming indeed!
I remember Miraflores from 13 years ago, when we visited a friend in Lima while traveling from Chile to Ecuador. We actually did the surfing part, the first time for both of us, and we weren't really able to move our arms for a couple of days afterwards.
Back then, we didn't find any good coffee. But that was the case in Cotacachi, too. Luckily, the coffee culture exploded in the last years.
After now almost a month here, I do miss avocado. Such a delicious fruit.
Germany doesn't have Avocado?! What kind of modern country is that in 2026!! :)
It has small Hass avocados for 1,50€ per piece. Half the taste, 6x the price? Not my kind of game :-D
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What a beautiful place to relax and do business. You captured the vibes wonderfully. Hope your legs numbness subsides. I've had that and I know how uncomfortable pinched nerves are.
Lima was my last stop 10 years ago from our Machu Picchu trip. It was very different from the rest of the country that we saw. Particularly Miraflores was like two worlds from the old part of the city. I remember thinking it was nice to come back to some civilisation after the rawness of the trip.
Have a great 2026!
As I mentioned to multiple people, Lima and also Peru in general is so close to me and so well connected that it is a shame that I haven't visited the country for this long. The flights are 6 hrs and perfectly timed, very comfortable! So, I will have to fix the lack of Peru this year!
I in fact want to get away from the modern part of Peru, but yeah in due time. I have to get my ducks in a row :)
A "WOW" shot!... Applause!!!
The sandwiches look amazing and to be honest there is a lot of look back posts on hive today.
I posted mine early this morning and I've read through like 12 already 😂 so this is a bit refreshing.
How did you get this image if I may ask?
I used a tool called Hive Report Card developed by holoz0r.
https://holoz0r.github.io/HiveReportCard/
Here is yours.
There are lot more things in there that you may find useful.
For example I can also tell when you write most of your posts
That is very dope😂😂🔥
I am actually a night time poster...
Would give this a look..
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You had a great time in the last days of the old year. It would be nice for me to take a walk with such views, and explore some new cafes with beautiful design and healthy, delicious food.
Happy New Year! 🎊 I wish you peace, happiness, and the fulfillment of dreams!
Thank you. Happy New Year to you too!