Tuesday 25th April 2017
Lima, Peru
Walking tour of downtown Lima and the
city's historical centre - Plaza Mayor, Cathedral, which houses the remains of
Lima's founder, Francisco Pizarro. Some lovely buildings within the central
squares, but what was shocking was that only some of the ground floors were
being utilised, and floors above were empty/derelict. The holes in rooves were
not so much an issue – only 20cm rain per year – but there didn’t appear to be
squatters, and the centre of a city was completely underutilised. Also riot
cops standing on the edge of the squares expecting demonstrations were a little
daunting, but they were friendly and posed for pictures. Visited Museo Larco – beautiful bougainvillea
and cacti surrounding the private museum absolutely loaded with pottery, silver/gold
ware from 3000 BC to Inca. Astounded by
the level of delicacy and detail on the potteryware which showed the way of
living of pre-Inca civilisation. We were wondering how stories were passed
through the generations with no form of writing, but the pottery, and use of
knots in string for calculations/ statistics, showed how they managed. Lunch at the museum – pisco sours to start, French
onion soup, chicken with mixed veg and passion fruit tart. Very tasty in gorgeous surrounds. Quick drive back along very dodgy-looking
sand cliffs backing Lima’s beaches. Not
an area for swimming – lots of mud in the water from reclamation, in addition
to the Humboult cold currents.
Back for relaxing afternoon catching up on blog.
Couple of bottles of wine demolished with Ed and Judy.
Overnight Hotel Monte Real, Miraflores.
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