We took a flight from Cusco to Lima since the bus would have taken us 22 hours and we were not up for that :) Arrived safely in Lima and we stayed at the Loki hostel again. We found this really cool cebicheria right in the small alley beside the hostel. They had really cheap food and Brent loved their salsa! We even came back for dinner the next day. We met up with Kat and her friends. Christie and Jill knew Kat while they were in the Peace Corps in the Domican Republic. It was good for us to hear about their project through their master´s program from Colorado State University. Kat and her friends are in Lima for the next two months to implement their project with some of the local Peruvian families.
The next day, Brent, Jill, Christie and I walked around the city. Our first stop was the Lover´s park - hence the photo of the provocative couple right in the middle of the park. We then took a taxi and visited their Museum de Nacion which is a must see. Lots of old artifacts and great exhibits. Lastly, we took another taxi and had a tour of the San Francisco Church (in Spanish!) . There was also and English version but Brent and I decided to join the spanish one for our language immersion for the day. This was really a cool tour of this historical church. I recommend it for everyone. Too bad we couldn´t take pictures inside since the architecture was amazing. Visiting the catacombs (underneath the church) was very creepy. Our guide said that there were over 120,000 dead bodies there. Mostly composed of the priests and the locals. We then checked out from our hostel and took the 9 hour overnight bus ride to Trujillo and Huanchaco.
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