About two weeks ago I was in Peru, which was quite the experience since it was my fist time to South America! I love traveling. It is probably one of my greatest passions in life and I have to say after visiting Peru my list of places to visit have quite expanded. It is so interesting meeting new people and experiencing a culture completely different from your own. This why I think Peru was right up my ally because it is so different from America.
The whole reason I went to Lima, Peru was to visit my best friend in the whole world, Brittany, and her family with my other best friend Katie. Brittany is studying abroad down in Peru for a whole year since her family moved down there for three years. Katie and I thought why not visit our best friend.
The first day in Lima, Peru we went to the pyramids. They are called Huaca Pucllana. The way the ancient people built the pyramids is called a bookshelf style since the pyramids look like a big bookshelf. It was interesting taking a tour of the complex and learning about the history. That evening we went to Del Mar for a late lunch. Del Mar is a fish place that was amazing! Everything we ordered kept getting better and better. The Bakers really did spoil Katie and me by taking us there.
The next day we went to Plaza de Armas, which is the city center of Lima. Located there is the President's House, the Diocese of Lima Cathedral, and the Catacombs. They are the three beautiful must see places in Lima. They are all amazing buildings with a lot of history attached. The Cataboms had to be the most interesting of all because in there were the tombs of many people but all that is left is a of bones and skulls. It was very creepy seeing so many bones in one place under a really old church.
The next day Katie, Mrs. Backer and I all went to Museo Larco, which was filled with ancient artifacts of Peru. It was really interesting learning about the culture of Peru and all about the ancient people who used to live there. There were beautiful clay pots and amazing gold and silver jewelry that had been collected over the years.
Brittany's lives right on the beach front. Although the beach is all rocks, one day we walked along the beach just to go out and explore the area. It was a long walk up and down the steep hill that lead up to the Baker's apartment and down to the beach so saying we got out exercise for the day is an understatement. It was nice to get out of the apartment and walking around for a bit to get some exercise after eating all of the amazingly good food. We all went to a little town near Miroflores, where Brittany lives. It is a cute little town that was a funky feel to it. It it interesting to see how different all the little suburbs of Lima are.
The next day Brittany had to go to the U.S. Embassy to pay some bills and to go to the bank. Katie and I wanted to go with her to see the embassy, although we never knew we could cause quite the problem. We brought our passports to get into the embassy but at the front gate they had to call customs to make sure we had enter the country legally. Turns out we had!! However, that only got us onto the grounds. We had to pass another checkpoint to get into the banking area. We did not make it past this point since we were not Brittany's family. Getting denied access to our own embassy........EMBARRASSING!!! Oh well I guess you win and you lose some........
The last day we went paragliding. It was fun to just sit and enjoy all the city sight from way up high over the city of Miraflores. Visiting Lima was such an amazing experience and I can't wait to go back and visit Machu Picchu, which I have heard to BEAUTIFUL! Well I guess I have my next trip planned!!!
~MAI~
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