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South America » Peru » Lima » Lima »  Comas September 5th 2011

Plaza De Armas is in central Lima. I tool the Metropolitano (Auto Bus) to Central Lima, about a 30 minute ride. The buses run between the interstate, it's actually faster than a car, no traffic for the bus. They are petrol run, great idea, why don't we do this. Check the pictures out. Plaza De Armas is the Presidential Palace govertment offices and the Palace of the Archbishop. The Museo Palacio Arzbispal de Lima was inaugurated in January 2010 as the Archbishop's Palace Museum which houses an impressive collection of Colonial Art. The Palace dates from XVI century and restored in 1924. In 2009 the entire Archbishop's Palace was restored and nowadays it displays art pieces from XVI to the XVIII century. This Plaza is like stepping back in time, guards on duty at the Presidential ... read more
Hippies in Central Lima
Plaza de Armas
Plaza de Armas

South America » Peru » Lima » Lima »  Comas June 5th 2010

"How many of you have ever gone door-to-door to talk to people about the Bible?" You could almost feel the tension in the room rise even before the question was over. I'm sure that many, like myself, felt nervous by the question, probably because they also anticipated the statement that followed--"Well, that's what we're going to do tonight..." "...except that we're going to talk about the environment." OK, I thought. I can handle that. Yet there were still many factors that contributed to my unease at this new activity in which I was about to participate. We were being divided up into pairs. Who would be my partner? We had to go out into the dark streets of a neighborhood that was not familiar to me. Would I be partnered with someone who knew the streets ... read more
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