On our way to some ruins

Lima, Peru



Well, there's a lot of ruins in Peru... This is the Pachacamac ruins. All of the structures here are made of mud... It should be noted that it doesn't rain at all in Lima. Imagine if it rained in Lima, there would be no ruins for us to visit anymore! Hehehe! This ruin is pre-Incan, so it was made before the Inca's time. You'll notice at a lot of the ruins there that there is a sun temple. We did climb the sun temple but the fog was too thick we couldn't see far at all. Too bad. The picture on the right is at the top of the sun temple. The climb up was not bad at all. (Or maybe it just felt that way since it's the beginning of our trip? hehehe!)



So, do you think this temple is restored too much? we were told that this temple is about 70% restored and that people are arguing that it was restored too much that it doesn't look like an authentic ruin... What do you think?
By the way, before we came to Pachamac, we ate at a buffet place in Lima called Junio's... I just wanted to mention it because the food was great! Loved the paella! =)

Cute or Ugly?

Lima, Peru



This is a Peruvian Hairless dog. Is it cute or what? Hehehe! We saw this dog during our potty break on our way to Pachacamac ruins. There was three of them over there. Too bad I wasn't able to take a picture of one of them with the spiky hair! I think the dogs are cute... hehehe!

On our way to Barranca

Lima, Peru



The picture on the left was taken on our way to Barranca, which our guide said means cliff. Fantastic views when we got there. The picture on the right is the San Francisco Church at the city center. The church has catacombs underneath where people were buried before. The eerie thing there is that archeologists started digging there and they stacked the bones according to parts, like all the skulls are together, femur, etc... No pictures were allowed in the catacombs so I can't show the pile of bones down there.

More scenes from Lima

Miraflores, Peru



The coast of Lima looks gray doesn't it? I don't think we saw it clear up while we were there. The picture on the left is the Miraflores Kissing Park. They said they have a record with the Guiness book of records for the most people kissing at the same time there at the park. I forgot how many couples were there though... =D The building you see in the picture on the right is actually a restaurant called La Rosa Nautica. They said the views there are great! We just didn't have the time to try it out (or the money... hehehe! It's a pricey restaurant! hehe!)

Museum!

Lima, Peru



I forget what's the name of the museum we went to at the city center in Lima... The museum was pretty good though in showing arts/timelines of the different "groups" that ruled in Peru leading up to the Incas. There are tons of potteries there that are quite interesting and I wouldn't know what it's used for unless it was written on the cards on the display... hehe!



This is a burial mask made of gold in the museum. Pretty neat huh? Too bad there was not too many Inca gold there since they said most of it was melted/taken by the Spaniards. The only Inca gold we saw at the museum were tiny trinkets.