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MollyKate



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:37 am    Post subject: Traveling to Peru from the US Reply with quote

Does anyone have any advice on traveling from the US to Cuzco? I am coming from the Baltimore/Washington area and most of the flights I have looked at have a 7-8hr overnight layover in either Bogota or Lima. Will I be able to leave the airport and get a hotel room for that time? I've never had an overnight layover so I'm just not sure how this would work and am a little nervous as I'll be traveling alone with enough belongings to last me a year.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 1:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Traveling to Peru from the US Reply with quote

MollyKate wrote:
Does anyone have any advice on traveling from the US to Cuzco? I am coming from the Baltimore/Washington area and most of the flights I have looked at have a 7-8hr overnight layover in either Bogota or Lima. Will I be able to leave the airport and get a hotel room for that time? I've never had an overnight layover so I'm just not sure how this would work and am a little nervous as I'll be traveling alone with enough belongings to last me a year.


you could get an airport taxi from Lima. They're safe. Expensive, but safe. You might just want to stay at the airport as it's only 7 hours. By the time you go through immigration, pick up your luggage, etc, it might not be worth going to a hotel. There's a left luggage place where you can put your stuff if you decide to just camp out.
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Tom boylan



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:59 pm    Post subject: Lima layover Reply with quote

I just stayed at an inexpensive b and b run by an American and Peruvian couple located in San Miguel within Lima. They pick you up at airport in
Ate evening and take you a short ten minutes to their place. Only 4 rooms but nicely done and it's located in a safe gated community next to the Lima zoo. Also close to a large mall with Starbucks and Claro etc.

They charge $15 per person for the room and about $12 for the airport pickup - one way.

You can view the hotel on air b n b website too.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Traveling to Peru from the US Reply with quote

MollyKate wrote:
Does anyone have any advice on traveling from the US to Cuzco? I am coming from the Baltimore/Washington area and most of the flights I have looked at have a 7-8hr overnight layover in either Bogota or Lima. Will I be able to leave the airport and get a hotel room for that time? I've never had an overnight layover so I'm just not sure how this would work and am a little nervous as I'll be traveling alone with enough belongings to last me a year.


1st travel tip, travel LIGHT!

The only things you really need would be items that are difficult to find on the ground or a few electronic gadgets (laptop comes to mind) besides that, you will pick up a TON of stuff while in-country, so again I say pack light.

I have slept in airports, and for an 8 hour layover, is what I normally do, simply cause the hassle to get my bags, go to a hotel, check-in, sleep for 5 hours (if you are lucky) and then go back to the airport just isn�t worth it (unless you spend the bucks and stay at one of the nice airport hotels actually located right there).
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