Dana’s Travelogue Sept 2018 Peru part 1

Lanette called us up and said 'I want to go on a big trip for my birthday...let's go to Thailand!' Which always sounds good to us except that the timing put us right in the middle of monsoon/typhoon season. When I got to the description about 87%overcast and 9.5-12.5 inches of rain in 89-99 degree heat she stopped me. Her runner up destinations were all places on my bucket list so I was excited to look at our options. Iceland was a close runner up but she wasn't that excited by the "high of 54 degrees" and none of us felt we had the budget for the Galapagos so Matchu Pichu and Peru were the winner!

A red eye flight means jet lag even if you are only changing 2 hrs in time zones. Yet we still managed a lovely start to our Peru adventure out and around the lovely Miraflores area of Lima. Had a late lunch/early dinner at Cafe de la Paz on the JFK park and meandered out to Park of Love overlooking the ocean...luckily right at sunset. (First pic above)

Because of the rough night on airplanes we ended up going to sleep at about 8pm and everyone managed to sleep all the way to 8 or 9am.

After a late but lovely breakfast at Cafe et Chocolat downstairs we took care of our tickets to Cuzco at a Peruvian Air office then toured the Huaca Pucllana ruins. The “bookshelf” building method of creating a large solid pyramid (without the point on top however).

It was Steven’s birthday and he wanted to have Ceviche for lunch so Cevicheria Bam Bam was our midday stop. After a rest back at our AirB&B we went to check out a nearby Jazz club (the music hadn't started yet) but ended up having a long sit down dinner instead and then taking Steven out for stevia sweetened birthday Ice cream.

Day2 Lima

Museo Larco with the largest collection of archeological artifacts from Peru.

 

After the museum we took a taxi to Plaza des Armas also called Place Mayor. It is a beautiful square surrounded by a cathedral and large early 1900 colonial style government buildings. It was further downtown which was not as nice as the Miraflores area where our Airb&b is.

Resting up a bit and planning to check out the Barranco district tonight.

Had a fantastic meal at Isolina Taberna Peruana. The Ceviche was delicious as well as the Lomo Saltado a very traditional dish of meat and potato stir fry. We then walked back along the cliff above the ocean all the way back to the Miraflores.

Next edition Sacred Valley.