Before I get into that, first let me tell you about Lima. Its your typical South American city, beautiful old buildings, people and dogs (extreme) running around everywhere, and the ever present smell of automobile exhaust. 
There's nothing really striking that makes Lima stand out from the other cities we visted. We had 2 nights before we left for Cusco. We stayed in the part of Lima known as Barranco, right next to Miraflores (the nicest part of Lima). Our room in the hostel even had ocean views...not too bad for paying 9$ US a night!
There's nothing really striking that makes Lima stand out from the other cities we visted. We had 2 nights before we left for Cusco. We stayed in the part of Lima known as Barranco, right next to Miraflores (the nicest part of Lima). Our room in the hostel even had ocean views...not too bad for paying 9$ US a night!
The first day, we just walked around, explored a little, and of course had our first experience with Ceviche... see below... However, I should add, that in our defense their was a communication mix up. When the waitress came over it sounded like she asked us if we wanted cervezas...not ceviche! ..."what?...beers, oh yeah that sounds great right now, si' si'" Yeah, we were a little surprised when the beers didn't show up, and instead in their place was a big plate of raw fermented fish and octopus.... ok, enough with the Ceviche...onward.
Later that day we met some friends hung out at the mall!! (Just like Jersey!) ...No, actually the outdoor mall in Miraflores is a big thing. People go there to eat at fancy restaurants, shop (of course), and at night go to the discoteques. We decided to see a movie instead, Gone Baby Gone (actually a really good movie), spanish title- Desperacion en la Noche,... not sure why the change in title. 
The next day, we decided to do a city tour... very interesting since everyone else on the tour was older than 50. but we made the best of it, saw some Inca ruins, went to some old Spanish Cathedrals, even down into the crypts. Just try to picture the number of bones lining the walls from over 20,000 people! The city tour took up most of the day. That night we decided to go out, see some live local Peruvian bands, and check out some of the bars. Our plan was to stay up until 3am (not hard to do...usually) since we had to leave then for the airport to catch our plane to Cusco. We lasted until 1... slept for 2 hours and got our taxi to the airport. You can only imagine how fun it is to travel on 2 hours of sleep and with the taste of Pisco Sours still in your mouth...
Cusco, here we come!
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