Well Doug Davenport arrived and we went to downtown Lima to visit the catacombs of the Monastery of San Francisco (lots of human bones in the catacombs as most folks in town were buried there under the monastery, wild hey?). we then jumped on a public bus to find an art museum and rode through some marginal barrios of Lima. the wealth contrast in Peru, but especially Lima, is strikeing. we had excellent coffee and cake at a random cafe somewhere in the middle of nowhere in a Lima barrio on our way to find the art museum. the museum was closed cause we burned most of the day just trying to get around town and find the place.
then we went home to Miraflores and Barranco and had dinner and drinks. the pics show the awesome colonial downtown Lima, some typical Lima barrios (we didnt go to the real slums), and also some of Mirafloes (the rich suburb). you can identify the Miraflores pics by the modern 70s style buidlings, and stores like Starbucks, Burger King and a McCafe (you guessed it - starbucks for Mcdonalds).
next we took a day bus to Nasca to see the Nasca lines, which were made in the desert soil about 3000 years ago for unknown reasons. can you say UFO??? creapy, but wild. they thingk the lines were made for religious reasons tied to the stars and agricultural seasons, rainfall, etc. the pics dont show it much justice so maybe google them real fast for a quick picture or two. then our last night we got drunk on the Peruvian beer, Crystal, and took an all night bus to Arequipa (not recommended - the night bus AND drinking before it....yikes,). i have no pics of arequipa, which as a beautiful Plaza de Aramas and we just stayed in town for two day and visited an old monastery.
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