Tuesday, 26 August 2014
In the morning I went to see a tour agent recommended by the hostel, which is just across the street. There the agent and I planned my next 20 days in Peru. I wanted to do the Inca trail but it is all sold out! Bloody hell. So now I have to do the less adventurous thing of going by train to Macchu Picchu. But I still get to go, and that is the whole point! The price I feel is reasonable but it's a lot considering I'm out of a job. The agent is a funny old man, he said he will book single rooms for me wherever I stay, but he thinks I won't sleep alone all the time. Funny old man.
In the afternoon I took a taxi to downtown Lima. There I walked around Plaza San Martin and Plaza de Armas, where the city of Lima was founded and independence declared. Here I saw the Archbishop's Palace, the Government Palace, the Cathedral and the Torre Tagle Palace. The architecture is fantastic. Then I went to the San Francisco Church which had catacombs underneath the church! There was a guided tour within the church, and it was informative and pleasant. They have only opened the catacombs to the public 7 years ago, but there are apparently more underneath the one open to the public. Bones are still there yikes! And apparently when there were earthquakes in Lima parts of the church were destroyed and had to be restored, but the catacombs have withstood all earthquakes since it was built in the 16th century. It is a Catholic church dedicated to Franciscan monks.
For dinner I had a rice dish with chicken. Some of the food here is similar to Malaysian food ie rice and dishes, but it tastes different of course. And the vegetables are mostly salads. It is very cold in Lima! I'm not used to this weather at all, I am going to take a hot, hot shower and then straight under the blanket!
In the morning I went to see a tour agent recommended by the hostel, which is just across the street. There the agent and I planned my next 20 days in Peru. I wanted to do the Inca trail but it is all sold out! Bloody hell. So now I have to do the less adventurous thing of going by train to Macchu Picchu. But I still get to go, and that is the whole point! The price I feel is reasonable but it's a lot considering I'm out of a job. The agent is a funny old man, he said he will book single rooms for me wherever I stay, but he thinks I won't sleep alone all the time. Funny old man.
In the afternoon I took a taxi to downtown Lima. There I walked around Plaza San Martin and Plaza de Armas, where the city of Lima was founded and independence declared. Here I saw the Archbishop's Palace, the Government Palace, the Cathedral and the Torre Tagle Palace. The architecture is fantastic. Then I went to the San Francisco Church which had catacombs underneath the church! There was a guided tour within the church, and it was informative and pleasant. They have only opened the catacombs to the public 7 years ago, but there are apparently more underneath the one open to the public. Bones are still there yikes! And apparently when there were earthquakes in Lima parts of the church were destroyed and had to be restored, but the catacombs have withstood all earthquakes since it was built in the 16th century. It is a Catholic church dedicated to Franciscan monks.
For dinner I had a rice dish with chicken. Some of the food here is similar to Malaysian food ie rice and dishes, but it tastes different of course. And the vegetables are mostly salads. It is very cold in Lima! I'm not used to this weather at all, I am going to take a hot, hot shower and then straight under the blanket!
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