The capital city and our last stop on the South America tour. What a contrast to the other Peruvian cities we´ve been to so far, admittedly in the southwestern corner of the country. Lima is hustle and bustle, cars speeding of freeways and stopping with amazing braking and swerving techniques as each car/bus/lorry just manages to miss each other, announcing the fact with loud horns and beeps. People everywhere, walking, talking, selling, buying. Lima is a street-city, and walking is probably the best way to see it, although having said that, one in every seven cars is a taxi….
So our first day we wandered the streets in Miraflores, a suburb of Lima, followed by today heading to the Centre, to see the ubiquitous Plaza de Armas, the Palace, and to watch the changing of the guard, to the tune of Torville and Dean´s Bolero with plenty of goose-stepping and swishing of silvery swords. There were also plenty of cows, the statue type, as here in Lima is the Parade of Cows. I´m sure I´ve seen these before somewhere….
Back to Miraflores for postcard-writing, eating and of course packing, for our departure tomorrow. Cuba here we come!
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