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 Lima, with high levels of security and police presence to protect the citizens with influence and the tourists the area attracts. As a locality it would not be entirely out of place in some western cities, though there are obvious differences. While some of the rest of Lima looks ok, the outlying slums are a very stark contrast to this relative paradise.
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