Embraced by Andies: Lima and family

From Huanchaco we head to Lima to pick up Iitu’s folks and godmother. We were going to travel with them next three weeks. Lima is a huge city with more than eight million inhabitants. The hotel where we were supposed to meet Iitu’s family was right in the downtown. The traffic jam started 12 km before the Lima district, but finally it only took us two hours to get to the downtown with Karma. The traffic was crazy but we had one advantage, the Karma was already so full of dents and scratch that the possible hit with other cars didn’t matter, so we took it easy.

First dinner with the family and godmother. Every day we enjoyed delicious Peruvian food. They fed us very well.

The hotel Gran Bolivar we stayed at was a historical sight itself, built in 1928. It was nearly at its original state, waiting for the renovation. It was way above what we had gotten used to so we enjoyed with full hearts. We had a living room, bedroom, walk-in closet and a huge bathroom. Luxury!

In Lima we stayed for four days, walking around and admiring its beautiful buildings and getting to know its life.

The old town was specially known for its carved wooden balconies.

The “new” town, Miraflores, located in the seaside cliffs, was more modern, full of shops and restaurants.

One night we went to this fountain park. Sounds bit stupid but it actually was quite impressive.

Wandering around the fountain park, Esko filming as usual.

It was Sunday and the park was packed, when many Limeños entertained their families by bringing the in to the park. In a city which habitats around 8 million people it’s not so easy to get out of town for the holidays.

Many parks were full of these Cow parade cows spreading the joy of art. Here Pixa and Mari marvel some of them. I guess the parks are an important air-hole for city people. I felt the pressure of millions of people around so when we decided to move on to Cuzco it felt good.