Our first experience of Peru was a 4 day stay in Lima. We took 2 bus tours (one round Lima city centre, and one to the ruins of Pachacamac), spent one day relaxing, and took a bus to Ica where we are currently staying. Lima gets a bad reputation amongst travellers partly due to the size of the city (8 million people!) and the smog/fog that comes in from the coast. We found parts of the city fascinating, especially the catacombs under the Baroque Church of San Francisco (no photos were allowed) and the Pachacamac ruins which were built in the pre Inca times. The taxi rides were particularly scary, even by South American standards and there seemed to be a ridiculous number of casinos.
Now we are in Ica (300km south of Lima) which is surrounded by sand dunes, and tomorrow we plan to visit a nearby lagoon and go sand-boarding down the slopes!
Here are the Lima photos…
