Lima, Peru: La capital federal

After yet another flight, we arrived in Lima again. This time for more than an hour to change planes. We made a direct course via tourbus for a ritzy tenedor libre (all-you-can-eat buffet) called Mangos. And the mangos really were scrumptilescent. I tell you no lie, I ate all-I-could-eat of those. The restaurant was in the upper class district of Miraflores right on the Pacific coast. The dinner deck was another great photo-op for Renee, Michelle, and me.


During this second time in the capital city, we did the whole tourism thing and saw the sights. Kerstine, Renee, and I made a point to get a picture with the congressional building in the background. La capital federal, after all.


Yes, it's true. The statue is MAKING-OUT. This unique piece of art is in the center of La Plaza de Amor (Park of Love) on the city coast. I guess, "they" say that when a man and woman kiss in this park it prophesies their marriage. Haroldo, our program director, teased some of us about following the statue's example, but as far as I could tell there was no active participation. Too many cameras.


Some of the city sights included la Catedral de San Francisco and a historic convent, both of which had tombs and catacombs. Under the convent were the remains of approximately 30,000 people. The creepy thing about it was that the skulls and larger bones had been dug up and arranged in formations like the one in the picture above....shivers, right?! Still, it was interesting to see.


I don't know why, but the city was full of VW beetles of every color. Por lo tanto, we had an ongoing game of slug-bug in our tour bus. A few of guys ended up with some ugly bruises. There really were a lot of bugs.