my hostel is about 8 miles south of centro, a large UNESCO historic district. due to how the streets and expressways are set up it is very challenging to walk from the hostel to centro. i got some directions (and encouragement from the hostel staff on how to use the bus system). the directions i received were very accurate ... however the left out all the details regarding the challenges. i stood at the bus stop (an imaginary spot on the sidewalk) in preparation to wave down a bus that had centro written on the side. reading the side of buses as they whiz by at 60 or 70 km/hour could be a sport in lima (one that i an not good at by the way). by the time i had a chance to read the side of the bus it was a good mile down the road. i thought i was being smart by remembering what colour of bus had centro written on the side. this theory was quickly disspelled as buses are painted what ever colour the owner wants! eventually i was able to flag down a bus going to centro (i wont say how long it took). to my surprise, the bus didnt actually stop. rather is slowed to a crawl and expected you to jump on. the hostel forgot to mention this part. so i jumped on the bus and heading for the 15 minute ride to centro, as described by the hostel. after 30 minutes of riding the bus, we had not yet reached centro. getting a little nervous that i might have jumped on the wrong bus, i strained my neck against the bus window to make sure centro was written on the bus ... which it was. after another 10 minutes we arrived, only again to have to jump out of a moving bus at the imaginary bus stop. when i left centro i hailed the first taxi i saw and figured it cant be worse than the bus!
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