Lima, Peru

Lima, Peru

February 26-27, 2012

We had a full day of travel--left Portland airport at 8 am, had a 2 hour stop over in Dallas, then 4 hours to wait in Miami.  Our plane to Lima left about midnight--Ann, Bert, Margaret, Doug and Wendy were all supposed to be on it with us...but due to a delay earlier in their travels they missed it by just minutes and didn't arrive in Lima until late the next afternoon.  We arrived very early in the morning, slept a couple hours, then began our tour of downtown Lima.

These buildings are part of the main plaza.  This is the government building, with guards in very colorful uniforms.  The first picture above is of the cathedral--it was closed so we only saw the outside.

Here we pose in a lovely park in Lima, we were all on our way to go SHOPPING!
We bought purses, jewelry, tee shirts and natvity sets--all very plentiful.

Dad planned this trip months ago for our family--it was so fun to have my Dad and sisters and brother and 3 of our spouses and Uncle Jack together--I wish Duane, Margaret and Jack were in this picture.  We had time to talk and hike and sun and shop and play games and eat--and see such wonderful countries and people!  It was truly a trip of a lifetime!

This is our group, minus Ann, the photographer.  In the front are Janet and Joyce, working the way back on left is Ned, then Wanda, behind her are Dee and Lisa, Me, Duane, Margaret, Bert, Doug, Lori, Wendy, and Dad and Jack in front of them.  We were a great group!  We had a great time together.  We traveled most of the time in this bus or one similar, very comfortable and easy to see out of.

The second day in Lima was a free day, so Lisa and Ned planned a bird watching day and invited us along. 
I didn't get any bird pictures, but while we were waiting for the Humbolt Penguin to appear I got this picture facing away from the water.  These houses had water tanks on many of the roofs, but while I watched, a young woman came from one of the houses, dipped water out of a tank a block or two away, and carried it back home.
We did get to see the penguin--penguins on the equator???!!

 

We were totally amazed at the beautiful plant-life.  Even the cacti were impressive!