Lima and our trip to Cusco
Our day in Lima gave us a chance to regroup, have a long hot shower, sit at one of the surfing beaches for a while, get through the pile of laundry, and we have to admit eat a couple of huge plates of spaghetti (a food our bodies are more used to). The suburb of Miraflores is a very modern tourist part of Lima with some very modern shops including LacoMar built into the cliffs above the ocean. Our intention was at some point to get to some of the museums we had heard about especially the Museum of Gold, but were fortunate to see a smaller exhibition at the shopping centre. The gold and precious metal collection from pre-Columbian times is just astonishing to view. In the afternoon we ventured into downtown Lima with backpacks held tightly to our chests - as with all big cities, downtown is not always the safest place to carry cameras, etc. Again we managed it utilising the local colectivos, without resorting to taxis. We couldn´t have visited Lima twice now without viewing the architecture of downtown Lima. Our flight the next day to Cusco was short but with mostly clear skies, the views of the central Andean mountains and deep gorges were spectacular. We start our first five day trek out of Cusco early tomorrow morning and really looking forward to the adventure.
Our day in Lima gave us a chance to regroup, have a long hot shower, sit at one of the surfing beaches for a while, get through the pile of laundry, and we have to admit eat a couple of huge plates of spaghetti (a food our bodies are more used to). The suburb of Miraflores is a very modern tourist part of Lima with some very modern shops including LacoMar built into the cliffs above the ocean. Our intention was at some point to get to some of the museums we had heard about especially the Museum of Gold, but were fortunate to see a smaller exhibition at the shopping centre. The gold and precious metal collection from pre-Columbian times is just astonishing to view. In the afternoon we ventured into downtown Lima with backpacks held tightly to our chests - as with all big cities, downtown is not always the safest place to carry cameras, etc. Again we managed it utilising the local colectivos, without resorting to taxis. We couldn´t have visited Lima twice now without viewing the architecture of downtown Lima. Our flight the next day to Cusco was short but with mostly clear skies, the views of the central Andean mountains and deep gorges were spectacular. We start our first five day trek out of Cusco early tomorrow morning and really looking forward to the adventure.