Lima

The flight into Lima landed late at night. We took a taxi into a rough part of town where the hotel is located. The following morning was the start of our first full day in South America!

From the hotel we walked into and around the town square and also went on a guided tour. This was the pattern we adopted in most of the cities we visited.
















The official Peruvian cocktail drink is the "Pisco Sour". It was pretty good and we made a point of having one (or three) in every city we visited.



When the Spanish occupied Peru 500 years ago, they brought in their language, architecture and religion. Every town has a Catholic church and the cities have a Cathedral as well.




The buildings around the town square and the religious buildings have the best workmanship and maintenance. However the back of the Cathedral here looks a bit worse for wear. The general standard of buildings is poor by Australian standards.