Peru/ Day 14 (12/16): Lima
Founded in 1535 by Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro and now 8 million population.
We visit Larco Herrera Museum (pre-Columbian artifacts) and lunch in Casa Aliaga,
a colonial mansion built in 1535 by Pizarro's treasurer.
Leaving Cusco
on Peruvian Airlines, which still serves food!
Museum in Lima for pre-Columbian art
Head pieces
Pitcher faces - all different!
Lima Plaza Mayor: is it a tree or cake?
The famous balconies around the square
Into Casa Aliaga, the Colonial home built in 1535 by Pizarro's treasurer,
and still occupied by the Aliaga family.
A most elegant lunch!
Christmas shopping!
This area/beach has a kissing contest, statue in honor of that I'm told.
Shoreline on cliff above beach, Lima
One more gorgeous Peruvian sunset.