Tour of Lima
I'll be headed down in January and would like to hook up. I would like for someone to show me around Lima or anywhere else you might like. I would be willing to pay you a small (key word small) fee if you require it.
let me know
mark
Craig's Response:
Howdy Mark,
Thanks for the e-mail.
Lima can be a bit of a daunting and scary place for visitors.
Truth be told, I don't think I'm the best person (or in the best position) to give a tour of the city. I spent a handful of days in Miraflores in 2006, and have spent the past month and a half living in a neighborhood. As I'm sure you've seen on the travelogue, I've got a girlfriend with a baby due any day now—with no idea what to expect during that first month.
Although I don't think I'm poised to show you around, I'm living in a home full of people that would be happy to offer up suggestions on interesting sights for you to see while you're here, as well as suggestions on how to do it safely. I hear there are some neat catacombs in the city that you can take an inexpensive tour of.
Let me know if you'd like some more suggestions.
Best,
//craig in peru
Dec 26, 2007
Mark's Response:
Thanks,
let me know what you would suggest. I hope your baby arrives well.
Craig's Response:
Here are the top Lima sites, prepared by family I'm staying with:
- Tour through the historic center of Lima: hired at Plaza de Armas, it takes you to interesting places such as the Catacombs, the Inquisition and/or Plaza de Acho (where bullfights take place)
- Pachacamac: pre-inca temples to worship the sun
- Real Felipe : a fortress at the port of Callao used to defend the city from spaniards
- Museo de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia, with one of the finest displays of pre-hispanic cultures, in the district of Pueblo Libre, right next to Casa de Bolívar (where Simón Bolívar used to live while fighting for the independence from spaniards) and a block away from Antigua Taberna Queirolo (a traditional bar from 1880 that produces wine and pisco)
- Peña Brisas del Titicaca, you can watch dancers from Escuela Nacional de Folklore perform some of the principal dances of Peru while eating traditional peruvian food and having a pisco sour
Hope this is of some help!
//craig
Jan 5, 2008
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