'Four months ago, I quit my job in Halifax to travel the world with my boyfriend. We never imagined the world would soon shut down around us.'
"Four months ago, I quit my job in Halifax to travel the world with my boyfriend. We never imagined the world would soon shut down around us."My favourite time of day is around 8 p.m., after the sun has already set but the air is still warm in Lima, Peru.
But there were little to no cases of coronavirus in South America. Peru didn’t even have a confirmed case until March 6. In some ways, we felt South America might even be safer than going back to Canada.pandemic By the time the President of Peru Martín Vizcarra announced the total shutdown of the country, he gave 24 hours notice. Not only would all sea, air and land borders be closed but all domestic travel would also come to a halt, meaning no one could travel from one city to the next. At the time, we were in a fishing village four hours outside of Lima,
We are now in a small, private apartment in the upscale neighbourhood of Miraflores. It costs much more than we have previously been spending on accommodation, but worth it for the peace of mind it provides. This is a neighbourhood that would usually be bustling with tourists and locals alike, a place with trendy restaurants and four-star hotels and gorgeous Instagram-worthy haunts, but now the streets are barren.
We are in a Facebook group with other Canadians who also find themselves stranded in Peru. Many report worse situations than we are in: hostels that won’t let them leave their dorms, hotels that won’t let them grocery shop. Some people are in the Amazon rainforest, a boat, bus and plane away from even making it to Lima. Others need medication they are in danger of running out of. Compared to them, we’re the lucky ones.
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