Tourist morning sept 20.re

Today was play the tourist day, and gain some knowledge for the layout of the city of Lima. A city of 9 million people. Built on a volcanic active area. 

I firstly went walking this morning in the heavy mist. The Pacific Ocean is good at producing this mist which can hang around all day.

I returned to Larcomar to buy a ticket on the Turibus. Mind you the sign did say English spoken on the tour, it was more Spanish than English. There were some Americans who loved the Spanish as they learn in school and need the practice. There was also two girls from Brazil too.

So the bus firstly toured to the Barranco area. We drive past the Australian ambassador's residence too. This area is built on the cliff that is behind the sea, and hence the area name. Barranco is cliff in Spanish. 

Then we went to the Igesia la Ermitage. This church is now deserted due to seismic activity. A new church has been built called Iglesias La Santisima Cruze. 

This is the church for the barranco area. We returned back to our starting to collect a second group.

Now we headed off to Huaca Pucllana. This is an area which is an archaeological dig that shows how the first inhabitants of the city of Lima lived and worked.

Then we headed to the Centro Historico. historic centre. Here we got off the bus and walked around the Plaza de Armas

The first Cathedral is the Cathedral of Lima. Then Parroquia del Sagrario. Then the museum. 

Then the palace of the government. This is where the president lives, and there is a changing of the guard every second day.

Then the municipal hall.

Then we walked to the Convento de San Francisco. We could take photos in the cathedral, but within the monastery we could not. Under the monastery which is also the Basilica, is the catacomb. Here are the remains of 25000 people for about 200 years. 

Once we returned to the surface we boarded the bus and then returned back to the start.