Kids Parading

We were standing right beside the grandstand with a bunch of military men in uniform, a couple of beauty queens and a handful of officials. The kids goose step, if you can believe that. Every time a Peruvian flag came by, the military jumped to their feet and saluted, as they should have. As you might imagine, being an independence day parade there were a lot of flags and a heck of a lot of jumping up and saluting.

Rose and Ray on R&R in Peru, July 26, 2008

July 27th 2008
Today was a do-nothing day. Well, not exactly. We walked, and walked, and walked some more. We heard an independence day parade going by, so we stopped a little while for that. Peruvian Independence day is July 28. We took a LOT of pictures today and I will post as many as I can. We walked all over Pimentel looking for a decent place to eat that was not on the beach. We finally abando ... read more

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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

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