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Lima, September 2011


Selected photos from several days in Lima, Peru.
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lima Lima (Miraflores district shown here) has many modern conveniences...
lima ...as well as some old Colonial architecture.
lima There are beaches right in the city, though the weather wasn't very warm.
lima A giant sculpture in Parque del Amor.
lima A much older sculpture, unearthed in Huaca Pucllana.
lima Another sculpted vase from Huaca Pucllana.
lima Visiting Huaca Pucllana.
lima The guide points out the hand-made mud bricks.
lima It hardly ever rains in Lima, but the bricks are not waterproof. Ongoing restoration work.
lima Reconstructed Wari burial. (The huaca was originally built by the Lima people, the Wari came along later.)
lima Huaca Puclluna has a little museum of native agriculture. Shown here: cotton.
lima Wool. :)
lima Check out the split upper lip!
lima Quinoa (a tasty alternative to grain).
lima Reconstructed Lima ceremony of sacrifice by smashing an urn.
lima A tortoise in somebody's front yard.
lima (I forget who is pictured in this statue, or where it was.)
lima (Ditto.)
lima Church interior.
lima Detail.
lima Brightly painted, but still a slum. Note also the typical cloudy weather.
lima Slums as seen from the top of San Cristobal peak.
lima A rare sunny day at the shore of Miraflores.
lima Cliffs dominate the shoreline.
lima With a sea breeze, you get updrafts.
lima A view along the cliffs.
lima Passing helicopter.
lima This church is located by the Puente de los Sospiros (Bridge of Sighs).
lima Yes, those are vultures roosting on the church.
lima Another paraglider.
lima Sunset over the ocean.
lima Sunset detail.
lima One more sunset shot.
lima We went to visit the fortress defending the port.
lima Reich taking a rest.
lima Statue inside the fortress.
lima The fortress includes a small tank museum.