Hi All,
Jer posting again today. Helen feeling much better, but she asked me to finish up posting about Lima.
Previously I posted about our visit to Lima’s Shanty Town. I want to add one photo that Helen took. This woman is an Inca and she traveled from the Andes Mountains to Lima to help care for her grand children. She talked non stop to us, but since it was in the Inca language, we understood none of it. Her hat is made of plaster.
After our morning tour we had lunch in a very nice Lima restaurant. They didn’t have any of that Inca Beer! We then walked around central Lima seeing a lot of the tourist sights. The city is big, busy, clean, seemingly safe and quite beautiful. The architecture is magnificent. The next picture is of a building that was once a train station, but is now a library.
Plaza Mayor
We came across this wedding party. The tourists were all taking their picture.
This is a Catholic church. The pigeons seem to like this place.
Lots of walking and shopping streets like this one.
Finally this plaza, forgot the name.
Needless to say, the contrast between this Lima and Shanty Town is beyond startling.
So, we are now on our way to Easter Island. Having some leisurely sea days. Lots of enrichment speakers including Bob Graham, former Governor and Senator from Florida. Also on board is Stephen Cole, an expert on Middle Eastern terrorism. He made a claim today that the Special Forces killed Osama Bin Laden by dropping him out of an airplane. No one took him up on that claim. After the lecture I privately asked him about it. He didn’t seem to have much real evidence, just some rumors he had heard. I don’t believe it.
So long for now. Might not be much on the blog until after Easter Island, but stay turned.
Jer and Helen
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