Blogs from Lima, Lima, Lima, Peru, South America - page 13

We’d Heard mixed reports about the Peruvian Capital but, like always, we knew that it would be better to make up our own mind so we decided to visit Lima on our way up to northern Peru. Lima is centrally located in the valleys of two rivers, in the center of Peru, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Founded by Spanish conquistador, Francisco Pizarro in 1535, as la Ciudad de los Reyes, or "the City of Kings”, Lima became the capital and most important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru. With a population of close to nine million (about a third of the country!), Lima is the fourth largest city in South America, behind , Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. Sarah and I hung out for two or three days ... read more

Aika on hurahtanut Limassa nopeasti. Kävelimme ensin Lanin toimistoon tarkistamaan, että tyttäreni saa paluulennolle kasvisruokaa. Menimme sitten bussilla keskustaan. Kavimme katsomassa tuomiokirkon ja ruokailimme keskusaukiolla. Kavelimme kavelykatua pitkin ja palasimme bussilla Mirafloresiin. Oli aurinkoinen paiva. Paikallisbussit ovat oma lukunsa. Bussissa on rahastaja, joka nousee pysäkillä autosta ja huutelee, minnepäin bussi on menossa. Bussiin voi nousta kyytiin myyjiä, jotka kauppaavat jotain pientä purtavaa. Kerran kyytiin nousi myös mies, joka piti jonkinlaisen uskonnollisen puheen. Tyttareni kuulo tosiaan palautui aamulla ja han oli taas siina kunnossa etta pystyi katsomaan kaupunkia. En oikein luota taysin nettiloiden virusturvaan, ja kun matka lahestyy loppuaan, en enaa viitsi kopioida kuvia kamerasta muistitikulle enka myoskaan siirtaa nakyville nettiin. ... read more

Friday 8 April – Lima Lima is a big city which stretches for kilometres to house the 11 million people (I think my last blog listed it as 8 million people which is incorrect). Lima was founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535, as La Ciudad de los Reyes, or "The City of Kings" It became the capital and most important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru. Following the Peruvian War of Independence, it became the capital of the Republic of Peru. Today, around one-third of the Peruvian population lives in the metropolitan area.. We stayed at The Place Hotel which was in the Miraflores district which is an up-market area close to the beach. A Hilton Hotel was being built opposite us. There are many casinos in this district also and ... read more

Once again, Chuck and I decided and are fortunate enough to skip, at least part of, winter. We arrived to Lima, Peru the night of January 3rd. We spent a few days in Miraflores making travel arrangements for the coming month and visiting the local shops, markets, parks, and restaurants. Friday the 7th of January we went to stay the weekend with our Peruvian family, the Cuba’s, in Villa Maria del Triunfo. We made macaroni and cheese and hotdogs for dinner and handed out presents sent by Angela and Miguel. The next morning I went with Miguel’s mother, niece and neighbor to attend a session of yoga on the beach. Yoga started with walking from one end of the beach to another five times, then doing a series of arm circles and leg lifts, and ending ... read more

After attending Lima's last match of the season, I had the chance to sit down with 24-year-old torero Fernando Roca Rey, who explained the the art in what some would consider a brutal tradition. The band sounded a valiant address calling spectators to their seats for the opening procession of the last bullfight at the Plaza de Acho, the second oldest bullring in the world. The matadors entered the arena, waving their hats saluting the crowd, followed by the back up banderilleros whirling their magenta capes. Picadors galloped in on horseback circling the ring, wielding their decorative lances reminiscent of the streamer wrapped batons I used as a child to attack the pinadas at my birthday parties. Each class of fighters would build up to the final duel between the matador and the toro. The ... read more