DAY 4

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Sadly this was to be our very last day in Lima. So we decided to go and visit the Huaca Pucllana ruins. This looked reasonably closeby on the map .... so we thought we'd catch a young walk from the hostel. Yeah right! Ended up taking us over an hour to get there ..... and much to our delight we were rewarded with a free tour of the place ..... by an actual English speaking Peruvian woman! Anshu at this point realised she had done the dumbest thing - she had hidden her money under her matress and started praying and hoping it would still be there when we got back =))

There was a museum section before the tour of the ruins and these housed, amongst other exciting things, a preseved mummy! This was the ruins or origins of Lima city. Constructed from mud bricks, this was a place for banquets, human sacrifices & offerings. The gardens surrounding the ruins were also pretty interesting as I got to see llamas and alpacas.

Pucllana was built by the Lima people around the 5th century and means "a place for games" in Quechua. Was a wonderful historical and cultural rich day learning about Lima. Luckily most of the money was still there - minus $20. Thoughtful thief, just taking enough to enough the day. Spent the evening in Lacomar.

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Photos

Huaca Pucllana Entrance
Did not look like much from outside.

Inside the museum
Some of the large clay pots used probably for storing water.

Inside Huaca Pucllana
A more impressive view emerges.

Closer look
A closer look at the mud brick proves fascinating.

Mummy holes
Holes where the mummies were found.

Anshu by the huge cacti
Huge cacti by the Huaca Pucllana handicraft store.

The actual mummy
The mummy witha person inside as it was found, diagram behind explaning mummy position.

Teeth
Some very sharp looking teeth on the clay pots.

Another amazing view
...of Huaca Pucllana pyramid, seems to have too many levels. Not like the pyramids we know from Egypt.

Small men
Apparently the men from that period were short (5 foot) and sturdy with big chests for easier breathing.

Cliffside view from Lacomar
Still see the fogs, day or night. Looks like smogs but isnt.

Lacomar view
With the street just up above, and not knowing that the mall hides just below.

Peru T-Shirt
With my Peruvian tshirt - contigo siempre te amo peru.

Hang gliding
From Lacomar at sunset.