After a long two days of traveling we have reached Lima. The weather has been excellent here, 70-80 degrees. Maggie and I went to the National Museum and then to the Miraflores District. It is a very big difference from the Climate in Salida. After getting done on the slopes Sunday we went out to the beach to check things out. Although the weather was nice the Lima beach front is dangerous with a collection of riptides and undertoes waiting to steal one away to the south Pacific. It is also dirty. Lima´s coastal population of twelve million plus has to flush somewhere. The trash was bad, but a decaying sea lion being battered ten feet off the shore confirmed our reluctance to get anywhere near the water. All the same my pockets are weighted down with the cards of surf instructors who swore that the conditions were excellent. The greatest danger so far has been using the taxis and buses though. As I remembered the driving is a variation of rally style racing through pedestrians. We will leave the city tomorrow for the central highlands. |
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