Boost the floor....

...just because the stars....

Moderratto- Zodiaco

.....I wish you all have a vibrant time....

Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull - On the floor

...with rhythms of Puerto Rico and Latin moves....

Daddy Yankee - El ritmo no perdona

....whatever you do, wherever you are, I wish you all a beautiful 'nite!

Sweden

So I am back in Sweden now. It is early summer here and some days are rather sunny and warm. But for me who had accommodated myself to the humid and hot days of the Amazons, it felt a bit cold. It took me a week to get adjusted to the climate, food as well as time. It was much easier to get used of an earlier day than a later day...

Here are smoked salmon and stewed potato with dill, some multi grained bread, radish, beans and apple cider (and a piece of my camera brace...:) ).

 

The second photo is on a shrimp sandwich, lots of lettuce, cucumber,
tomatoes, orange, lemon, dill, mayonnese, beans and a raspberry drink. 

One of the first days back I went out with a little steam-boat on a lake close by. It was an early morning and the sun was shining on the light green leaves. I loved this little island....

...or the temple here....perfect for yoga exercises
when mornings have become warmer. 

 

A great way to begin the day.

Lima 4/4: Visiting Isla Palomino

I had the opportunity to find someone (gracias chica!!!) who wanted to take part of cruising around the islands close to Lima, and we were lucky to be joined by a group of Americans, enough with peoples to go out. But none wanted to swim with sea lions...I just had to.... But it was a bit scary with the cold water and hundreds of them around me. I felt really under the power of nature. They were so close, swimming beneath me and watching silently with those big black eyes. The water was around 14 degrees and perhaps 30 metres deep. Waves of half metres were softly swinging our bodies. I was in the water together with a guy who had been going out with people on this cruise for half a year. He was steady and calm. Told me that since the sea lions knew him, it would had been like bringing a friend to a party. He told me to lay still so they might come forth to my feet. He told me to be quiet otherwise I would threaten their space.... but I think I had to do it a couple of times to get used of it and really finding a pleasure in it...still, what a memory...

Gracias Miraflores House en Lima y A. para recorda y upload.

Lima 3/4: Museo de Larco

After many more hours than I was first thinking I would stay at the parque de leyendas, I continued to walk in the direction (with my newly friends) of the archaeological, anthropological and historical museum. After awhile and many new directions, I took a (yellow) cab. Unfortunately nor did he know where it was, so I started to become at unease and told him to ask any policeman or security I could find. No one seemed to know.....But after many more direcctions, we finally arrived at a peaceful and beautiful square. Unfortunately the museum was closed.... But there was a woman working in this districts municipality office, who told me that she knew another great museum, very well-visited. She told me it was the way she was going and I could accompany her (she had this municipality sign on her and was in her 40s). We passed a lot of very calm neighbourhoods. All of a sudden we came to a big park with a very big tree. It was one of the oldest in Lima, 200 years old, grown by a very important person...

We continued some streets more and there it was; museum de Larco. An entrance stunning with flowers of all the imaginable colours. I joined with a group of middle-ages ladies from Canada. The entrance was more than average (30 soles) and I had no idea about this place. But it seemed to have a lot of nice things, collected by this man called Rafael Larco who lived in the beginning of last century. Apparently they had a lot of collections preserved - textiles, ceramics, jewellry...and also a part where they stored ceramics showing different fertility positions. I was told that some visited the museum just to see this. 

But I was happy to see everything; it was a beautiful collection! They also had a reference library and a great short introduction movie. A place well-worth to visit when in Lima.

Lima 2/4; Parque de Leyendas

The following day I used to visit the "parque de leyendas" and some museums. After being shutting my eyes for any dangerous animals in the jungle, safely by the coastal area I wanted to actual get to know all the animals that lived there. I think animals of the wild belongs in nature and not kept captivated to be observed. I felt with the panther who was walking restlessly while the worker were hammering on constructions just besides... schoolkids and olders where knocking on the window to get a better lock and attentions. (When writing this, can't help myself to think of the scene in Harry Potter with the snake on the zoo.:) Animals were trying to hide the best they could.... I was sending love and forgiveness to the poor creatures....and while I was observing (still a bit fascinated) I felt someone observing me, and there were two tigers laying cool up in a tree observing me. 

I got friends with a woman from Lima and her mum from Cusco and we hanged out during the rest of our stay on the zoo.

Lima 1/4; Miraflores

Since I never took any vacation (partly because I never had time for it, partly because I did not had finance for it) and my time in Peru had been very intense, I strongly wished of ending my stay in Peru with some calm days by the coast.

Thanks for my lovely family in the jungle, I was connected with uncle M. who worked as a taxi driver in Lima. He picked me up and drove me to a hotel not far from the coast in Miraflores. It was a great place to stay - calm and very nice.

Since I arrived in the middle of the night, I used my first day to just take care of myself. Accommodating to the new habitat and making a hair cut with colouring as well as making new friends in the area (thanks for all great food).

I went out dancing with a friend in the night. We danced to live salsa and I enjoyed it really much. I returned back at half past 4 in the morning, shining like a star of a bright night out.

My second day I went for a walk. It turned out that my hotel was just minutes away from the coastal line. I enjoyed the brisk wind in my hair and slowly breathed in beautiful and well-maintained parks in Miraflores. By the park of love, I found a great little café with two lovely girls in my age. I drank some gorgeous freshly squeezed juices with strawberries and watched one of them going up and away with parogliding (the blue one). She was so happy when she returned, what a thrill!

Gracias mi familia y amigos en la selva...

...ahora regresaba de mi país; Suecia. El avión y tren era muy cómodo, también me gustaba la comida en el avión...mmm.... 

Mi ultima semanas pasa volando. Yo era muy feliz y contenta con todos mi informaciones, gracias, gracias mi amores!

El ultima días yo visitaba Aguatia para mandar emails y también tenia tiempo para visitar la carretera de Bella Novia una vez. Eramos solamente me y mi amigos que banando en el luz de la luna nueva. Bonita era! Mi ultima semana pasa también con me familia donde yo vivía, nosotros pescadimos...Mi hermano tenia un grande pesco (cuando terminaba hablar...). También el paneria Trinigal ayudarme con consiglios y ayudo para preparar una comida típica de mi país - lasagna, ensalada con zanahoria y naranja (el mejor!!!:)), scones (pan Inglaterra con plátano) y un deserto de "smulpaj" con salsa de vanillia. Era un aventura de cocina.... :) Necesitaban preparar los platos de lasagna/fideos de mano... pero yo era muy contenta con el resultado. Y todos comían. El cooperativo tenia comida para alguna semanas siguiente... :)