Miraflores Church

Doing the Tourist Thing in Miraflores

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June 16th 2010
After a bit of settling in and orientation, we decided we may as well get some photos of the usual suspects. As a general rule, opportunities for photos usually coincided with exclamations of "doh, forgot the camera". The armor was merely a rather cool display to attract customers to a store selling overpriced and mostly tacky souvenirs, but oh well. Miraflores is the most wealthy part of ... read more

South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Miraflores

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more