We arrived in Lima 4 days earlier to explore the Pacific Coast south of Lima
But first these photos were taken in Lima without and with the OAT group.
We stayed at the Sheraton Lima 4 days and our first delicious dinner was at the French Bistro named PROVENCE next to the hotel. I had a talk with the Can Can girls in their evening show !
Two blocks from the hotel was the beautiful San Martin Square. San Martin was an Argentinian General who help liberate Peru from the Spaniards.
Union street shopping ...
Very nice City Hall/ The Mayor of the city is a woman, the first in a hundred years!
This is the government palace ...
Lima's China Town. We had Dim Sum there in one of the restaurants, but it was terrible ...
Sherril liked this store. They have Christmas items for sale already, in October!
After 4 days on our own we joined our OAT group in a different part of Lima called Miraflores, lead by our trip leader Walter Torres ...
This is the famous Kennedy Park in Miraflores. JFK was a great friend of the Peruvians ...
Our trip leader Walter took us for a walking tour of Miraflores and showed us where to find restaurants, stores etc...
Lunch was on OAT. This is like in Mexico... bottle water only and no ice ,,even when we were very careful a few people in the group got the Montezuma revenge. (I meant Machu Picchu revenge!)
This is the Coca plant, the stuff they use to make Cocaine. But it's legal here and the Peruvians chew the leaves to prevent themselves from high elevation sickness like in Cusco (11,200 feet) and Machu Picchu (8,000 feet)
Walter took us to see a water show and a spectacular laser and hologram display ... right in the city ...
Saturday night dinner was excellent at a Kennedy Park restaurant named De La Paz ...
L to R: Sherril Phan, Nghiem Phan, Walter Torres, Carl Koenen and Shirley Koenen
Next day we visited the Lima Peruvian Museum and learned a lot about the Peruvian burial customs.
Then we visited the famous San Francisco Church and its catacombs
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Skulls and bones of ancient residing priests were preserved in these catacombs ...
The San Francisco Church ...
Our local guide Yvonne ...
We ran into the famous Peruvian Volleyball team. Peru has terrible soccer team but in volleyball they are pretty good!
This was Sunday so there were Changing of the Guards at the Government Palace ..
It was a big deal for the Peruvians to watch the Changing of the Guards ...
We walked around town again, then the tour bus took us back to our hotel the Jose Antonio Hotel ...
Dinner was excellent at a nice restaurant in the Barranco area in Lima ...
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