Miraflores, Lima

With 2 days on hand, there are only three neighborhoods worth exploring: two coastal areas called Miraflores and Barranco, and Central Lima which is home to government buildings and old monasteries (pictures of which were published in the previous post).

It seems as though as one veers away from Miraflores, so does the overall level of safety, or so we are told. We did gaze from afar at one of Lima's hills, dotted with colorful houses. That, we were told was a shanty town, and no place for tourists to go.

For its part, the government tries to maintain a semblance of control by barricading the main arteries to the buildings. I don't know if this is a permanent arrangement, or if there is something going on, or if Peruanos are particularly susceptible to the art of demonstration.

Miraflores, at the risk of sounding cliche, is where one would want to stay anyways. So why fight the trend?

With a sleepless flight into Lima, and a full day exploring the old Town center, a meal at Centrale, and a late night experiencing the best of Lima's nightlife, in clubs perched on cliffs and facing an animated Pacific ocean, there was little time to sleep.

Our flight into Cuzco was early the following day, and there was little time to absorb and enjoy the city and so early on the 4th morning, the Garbz managed to squeeze in a walk along the coast...