MIRAFLORES

LIMA

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March 9th 2015
Its not even 3 years since we were here last and spent a few days so there wasn't a lot we wanted to see. The cruise supplied a shuttle to a local shopping mall, so we then just got a local taxi and went down to Miraflores which is an area in Lima which we love to go and walk along the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean - there seems to be still a lot of erosion and of course this area is pron ... read more

South America » Peru » Callao

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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