sunset

Lima, September 2011

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