SOUTH AMERICA CRUISE: Lima, Peru!

Continuing our South America cruise with Princess Cruises, we finally made it to Lima, Peru! We did and saw a lot!

[@CultureTrekking]

I'm still not a huge fan of Lima, but feel like if we started out on the right foot with our first tour, it would have really made the whole experience better. I think by the end I was like 'ah, it was ok' - just glad I was a stickler about the money thing.

[@antoninocarrubba3780]

Many people try to take advantage of tourist. Yes, negotiate at the beginning, and be firm. In Rome, the gladiators ask you if you want to take a picture with them, and then they try to intimidate you into paying them up to 50 euros for 3 pictures. I don't know about the water table under Lima, but they are now building 2 subways, and 2-3 more will start in the next year or two. They should be completed in 2-5 years. It is so needed in a city of 10 million. There will be a train stop at the Lima airport. And you are right, traffic is terrible. Peru has so much history, and has become a foodie destination. Very nice video. Thank you.

[@NomadicBuff]

That's so good to hear that they are finally building a subway! It is so needed. Yeah, in December 2018 when this was filmed, our tour guide told us because it was of the water table. I took his word for it, but maybe he was wrong. Yeah, as a fairly new out of country traveler this trip was very eye opening. Learned a lot about negotiating, etc. Rome is on my list of places to visit so it's good to know what to watch for!

[@DestinationUnknownTravelVlog]

We are actually headed to Peru in less than 3 weeks and I am glad we stumbled across your channel. Did you feel comfortable walking around with your gear and backpack?? I keep getting told that I shouldn't bring my gear because I would be a target.

[@NomadicBuff]

they did tell us not to bring valuables, so we left most of our camera gear on the ship on the second day when we were on our own. on the day we went on the cruise ship tour, we didn't worry about it because we were in a big group, but the second day, we just brought our phones/stabilizers and then used our backpacks for water and lunch, etc, things we didn't care about if they were stolen. Nothing happened, but we definitely recieved plenty of warnings from the cruise officials not to take valuables.