Lima - March 2012

The capaital of Peru was exactly what I expected, a big city. When travelling I’m not the biggest fan of the cities, and tend to enjoy the smaller towns more. Lima was no exception. We arrived by bus in the evening and went to an average restaurant for dinner. The following morning Rory and I ventured solo to the markets where I picked up a new charm for my bracelet. It’s hard to explain, but is typical Peruvian and has a peice of green stone set in it.

One of the highlights of Lima was the cat park. That’s right folks, cat park. Park filled with cats. It’s so filled with cats there are literally signs in the park telling jerks not to dump their cats in the park. I wanted to take a picture holding as many cats as I could, but the one above is the best I did. Life regret.

We took a stroll down the waterfront as well, lots of tourist places renting surfboards, not alot of surf.

That evening we met up with most of the others (Richard, Natalie, Brett, Callum…) and took off to the fountain park thingee with light show. The light show was spectacular! Much better than I was expecting even. Then we fooled around in the fountains for a bit and went back into town. Another drinking session with our brand new tour leader, Manny, which we smartly cut short… there is rumour of the others getting in at 5am with stories as long as their arms. My story is that of sweet slumber and a freshed faced morning. Lima could easily have been left out for me, but not to fear, we’re off to some smaller towns very soon.