Picture taken with Sanyo Xacti FH1
For my vacation I went to Peru. So we left New York which was around 30 degrees Fahrenheit, and we arrived in Lima at 80 – 85 degrees, just beautiful. Lima, the capital city is located right on the Pacific Ocean. The first night we stayed at the Miramar hotel in Miraflores, the touristic area, and then we went to the San Martin Square in downtown Lima and we stayed at the Bolivar hotel. Hotel Bolivar was really nice. It was an old building with nice architecture, high ceilings, chandeliers, and thick walls, it would easily turn into a fortress. In the reception area they had an old Ford 1920 model. The Lobby was round and it had a dome with painted glass, really nice.
We visited the Museum of Italian art and the new park with artesian water fountains. The artesian fountains are a rarity. They rival and perhaps exceed the Bellagio fountain in Vegas. The admission fee was only 4 soles ~ 2.5 dollars. The park was full of people and teenage couples were the predominant population admiring the fountains.
Afterwards we flew to Cusco City at an altitude of 11 thousand feet and we went sightseeing. The altitude gets to people so I advise you to have some excedrin for headaches. The people there use coca leafs tea to help for digestion and high altitude related problems. Coca leafs have many uses over there and many are medicinal purposes. Too bad that we became too smart and made cocaine, now we have to do without.
We went to places like Moray Valley, Ollantaytambo or Sacred Valley of the Inca, Chinchero, Saqsayhuaman and others. All the sights were breathtaking. We saw the famous Inca constructions that didn’t use mortar, they are actually in use today trough Cusco. They are so well made that a razor blade can’t go in between the blocks. We saw plenty of houses that were build on top of the Inca walls. But the tour guide told us that most of the time on earthquakes the Inca walls have no problem only the constructions on top of them topple.
The people are nice and they don’t seem to get affected by the daily struggles. The two cities left a good impression on me. So all of you that want to go to Peru and you are not sure, just go. Troughout the trip I felt that there isn’t enough time because there were so many things to see. It is unbelievable, the sights are amazing and they have great stories too, go see and hear them for yourselves. I will post some footage for anyone that wats to get a feel of Peru.
By the way the food is unbelievable. Everything we ordered was just good, you have to try it.
