We’d Heard mixed reports about the Peruvian Capital but, like always, we knew that it would be better to make up our own mind so we decided to visit Lima on our way up to northern Peru. Lima is centrally located in the valleys of two rivers, in the center of Peru, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Founded by Spanish conquistador, Francisco Pizarro in 1535, as la Ciudad de los Reyes, or "the City of Kings”, Lima became the capital and most important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru. With a population of close to nine million (about a third of the country!), Lima is the fourth largest city in South America, behind , Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. Sarah and I hung out for two or three days
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