The bus from Ica seemed to go on forever, with the most common view being this:
Lima was a helluva change from the places we have been the past couple of months. Even arriving in the dark we were straight away surrounded by skyscrapers and modern cars and taxis.
My shoulder was still sub-par so Cat acted as my hero, carrying both large backpacks around the district of Miraflores in search of a place to stay, while I dragged the chain carrying only two day packs. Cat found a reasonable value place with an owner who looked a lot like Uncle Fester and was partially blind, but very friendly.
In the morning we stumbled across a cafe on our street, with New Zealand based owners and a couple of NZ posters up. It was definitely a bit of a treat being able to get really well made coffee including long blacks and flat whites. We ended up hitting the same cafe every morning for breakfast.
We ventured down to the waterfront to visit the Pacific Ocean for the first time in over three months. The place was also overwhelmingly green in comparison to the Altiplano. Here is my excitement over what we could see:
We wandered along the clifftop parks checking out the sculptures and surf breaks along the way. With my shoulder the way it was surfing was not an option, but there were plenty of surfers out so we sat and watched them for a while. Also noticeable was the low cloud blanketing the city, which sticks around for close to half of the year.
For a fee comparable in steepness to the cliffs you can paraglide over the beach. The weather wasn't great for it and we figured we would go parapenting in Ecuador or Colombia instead.
There were some really interesting sculptures in the waterfront parks:
Some PDA:
More sculptures:
The cloud cover made for a pretty pleasant climate for wandering. We shared an icecream which was fairly delicious:
There is a park in Miraflores which is absolutely jam packed with cats. The cats seem to be really well looked after and are apparently fed and de-flead regularly. I'm pretty sure Cat was in heaven here and we spent a long time chilling out with the cats. They had a particular liking for Cat and around eight of them piled on top of her. It was pretty incredible, and even the locals were stopping and having a stare:
Given the heaviness of our packs, we negotiated the Peruvian postal system and sent away a multiple kilogram package of winter clothes (we won't be needing these as we head north) to James and Jess in New York to lighten the load.
With much lighter backpacks (I could carry my own again) we headed off, having really enjoyed our short time in Lima.
Lima was a helluva change from the places we have been the past couple of months. Even arriving in the dark we were straight away surrounded by skyscrapers and modern cars and taxis.
My shoulder was still sub-par so Cat acted as my hero, carrying both large backpacks around the district of Miraflores in search of a place to stay, while I dragged the chain carrying only two day packs. Cat found a reasonable value place with an owner who looked a lot like Uncle Fester and was partially blind, but very friendly.
In the morning we stumbled across a cafe on our street, with New Zealand based owners and a couple of NZ posters up. It was definitely a bit of a treat being able to get really well made coffee including long blacks and flat whites. We ended up hitting the same cafe every morning for breakfast.
We ventured down to the waterfront to visit the Pacific Ocean for the first time in over three months. The place was also overwhelmingly green in comparison to the Altiplano. Here is my excitement over what we could see:
We wandered along the clifftop parks checking out the sculptures and surf breaks along the way. With my shoulder the way it was surfing was not an option, but there were plenty of surfers out so we sat and watched them for a while. Also noticeable was the low cloud blanketing the city, which sticks around for close to half of the year.
For a fee comparable in steepness to the cliffs you can paraglide over the beach. The weather wasn't great for it and we figured we would go parapenting in Ecuador or Colombia instead.
There were some really interesting sculptures in the waterfront parks:
Some PDA:
More sculptures:
The cloud cover made for a pretty pleasant climate for wandering. We shared an icecream which was fairly delicious:
There is a park in Miraflores which is absolutely jam packed with cats. The cats seem to be really well looked after and are apparently fed and de-flead regularly. I'm pretty sure Cat was in heaven here and we spent a long time chilling out with the cats. They had a particular liking for Cat and around eight of them piled on top of her. It was pretty incredible, and even the locals were stopping and having a stare:
Given the heaviness of our packs, we negotiated the Peruvian postal system and sent away a multiple kilogram package of winter clothes (we won't be needing these as we head north) to James and Jess in New York to lighten the load.
With much lighter backpacks (I could carry my own again) we headed off, having really enjoyed our short time in Lima.
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