We were greeted at Lima airport by the Travel Collection rep, Alberto. Maybe he had had a long day, but he didn't seem to have much of a sense of humour and we found his English a little difficult to understand. His mood wasn't helped by the fact that our coach to our hotel was severely delayed by the motorway being closed. As we crept through the streets of Lima, we witnessed what Margarita had previously termed "organic driving" – the cars drove on pavements if carriageways were blocked and even crossed central reservation at will! Also the jams encouraged large numbers of hawkers to walk in the roadway amid stationery traffic to sell all kinds of things. But our driver took some amazing shortcuts through some tiny streets and we were soon back on track. We also got an opportunity to see some parts of Lima we would never have seen. Parts seemed to be very poor but we never felt threatened and people often waved at us. We eventually arrived at the El Pueblo Resort Hotel.