Don't worry about me I'm a VIP

After the excitement of Saturday, Sunday was a lazy day, watching Shrek 2 in our room and catching up on a few admin bits and bobs. 

In the late afternoon we ventured out and took a stroll down to the seafront where we watched dozens of patagliders jumping off the cliff and riding on the thermals in the early evening sun.

It looked so peaceful and I decided there and then that I would buy a paraglider if I ever moved to Lima ;-)

We wandered around the bay towards the bars & restaurants we visited a few nights ago.

We found ourselves a beautiful spot on the terrace of an Italian restaurant and sat for a couple of hours and then watched the sun set.

Another Trip Advisor review suggested a lovely looking Peruvian/Japanese fusion restaurant but on arrival, it turned out it was closed so the nearby Chinese was chosen as a second choice. 

We returned to our hotel for a couple of free Pisco Sours (hotel offered a free drink every day to guests) and then our bed called for our last night in wonderful Peru.

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Monday morning came as sure as Sunday came after Saturday.

We checked out of our hotel and our taxi took us to Jorge Chavez International Airport for our 3.5 hour flight from Lima to Bogota, Columbia.

As we checked in we were handed an invitation to the VIP Lounge! It turns out our travel agent had booked us premium economy tickets (the only one good thing he did!) and this included access to the VIP Lounge.

We'd arrived 3.5 hours early anyway as one of us (no names mentioned Lauren) had lost their/her immigration card which meant they/she couldn't leave the country without paying a $6 fine and applying for a new one!

It turned out that this process only took ten minutes and so we checked in to the VIP Lounge and made ourselves comfortable....

.... by the free bar!!

Although the local time was only just gone 10am, it was 5pm somewhere!!

We boarded the plane 10 minutes before take off and sat in our first row seats only to find that Lauren's Dad had not only been organising our twin bed rooms but he'd also arranged for our seats to have a gap inbetween them!

We were then fed and watered all the way to Columbia.

On arrival in Bogota we were met by our driver Herman who, by comedy coincidence, was a German!

We had 40 minutes of great banter as he tried to get us speaking more Spanish. At times he refused to speak English to us which was hilarious and challenging too! 

We reached our hotel without mentioning the war and checked in, FaceTimed family and headed out to buy a Columbian SIM card.

We looked for a decent restaurant for ages but ended up eating in TGI Friday's which was as disappointing as it sounds!

Back to the hotel for a nightcap and headed to bed.

Tuesday was our one day to explore Bogota!