LIMA

 We arrived in Lima early in the morning on March 9/2013.  We only had one night and two days here so we booked a city tour with a company called Peruvian Local Friend.  A young couple came to pick us up and we spent the day touring around the city.  The tour included the bohemian district in Barranco, the Love Park in Milaflores

The San Francisco Church.  We toured the church including the catacombs in which 25,000 people were buried. Very claustrophobic and kind of creepy.  The church was very beautiful with lots of history.  

Lima's shanty town, where the very poor people live.  The houses were very colourful which made it look cheerful.

 We visited the main square seeing the Government Palace, City Hall, La Cas del Oidor, The Cathedral, the old bronze fountain, ending up in Plaza San Martin.

Very cool buildings on all the streets we walked on.  Some of them had been abandoned due to damages sustained during the earthquakes.  

"Parque de la Reserva"  the biggest fountain park in the world.

Our last day in Lima we spent wondering around the area in Miraflores.  The city is huge however it has a very laid back feel.  Not too many high rise buildings and traffic was not too crazy.  We were not flying out until midnight so we headed to the restaurant district to have one last Pisco Sour and Ceviche before we left this wonderful country.  On our way back to the hotel we ran into Wesley, the young fellow from London who had been our the Inca Trail with us.  Too bad we hadn't run into him earlier we could have had dinner together.  As it was we were running late so we had to cut our visit short.  We arrived at the airport only to find that our flight had been cancelled.  But it all worked out and we flew home with Korean Air with better connections than originally planned.  

Our travels had taken us to amazing places and we had ate and drank the best food and wine yet.  The history and culture was very interesting and exciting to learn.  My Spanish however did not improve very much.  But as I have said before, we are extremely lucky to be Canadian and speak English because we are always treated very well and have been able to get by in foreign countries without speaking their language.  

So for now I will close this chapter by saying Chow South America, it's been a blast.  If I could have found a way to bring cases of wine home I would be in trouble, guess I will just have to return some day.