Sunday, October 31, 2010

Halloween in Lima

Our school had a Halloween party on Friday night.  They served ‘pisco sours’ which is a local cocktail that I’m going to be spending a lot of time investigating…just to support the local economy, of course.  We also had tiny baked potatoes and beef heart on skewers…sounds odd but it was tasty. 

So, Lima doesn’t have a city bus system.  What they do have is several minibus companies which careen recklessly through the streets, disregarding everyone’s safety, including the touts hanging out the doors incomprehensibly hollering out the bus’s destination.  This seemed like a lot of fun so yesterday, my classmate, Matilda, and I took a couple of these minibuses out to see the nearby ruins of Pachecama.  They weren’t much to see but it was a gorgeous day.

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The hairless Peruvian dog.  They live at the site and you can see what they think of the Incan gods that were worshipped here.

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There’s not much to see here as earthquakes and time have pretty much destroyed everything but it’s on the ocean and the two hour walk was great.lima 3 026

Those Incan priests had all the best views even if they did have to share with the condors.

2 comments:

Christine said...

WTF!!! That is not really a dog! It looks like half pig half ant eater!!!!

René said...

Hi Nicole!

You are on the road again? Great! How long do you stay in Lima? I will arrive there in a few days...

Saludos de Bogotá!