May 2016 - Lima, Peru
On our way back from Cusco on our trip to Machu Picchu, we had a 14 hour layover in Lima. Enough time to see the main square, the catacombs, and to stop by the coast. Lima is a strange place, where instead of pigeons or crows on the buildings and monuments, they have huge American black vultures. Instead of seagulls in the trees, they have herons.
On our way back from Cusco on our trip to Machu Picchu, we had a 14 hour layover in Lima. Enough time to see the main square, the catacombs, and to stop by the coast. Lima is a strange place, where instead of pigeons or crows on the buildings and monuments, they have huge American black vultures. Instead of seagulls in the trees, they have herons.
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| A hazy day at the beach in Miraflores | The Monastery of San Francisco, home to some old Spanish catacombs | The church door |
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| Near the main square | Plaza de Armas | The governor's palace |
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| The rest of the plaza is yellow | The Lima cathedral | The face of the cathedral |
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| The front door | The cathedral is covered in American black vultures | That has _got_ to be a bad omen |
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| Welcome to church! | A large group of black-crowned night-herons hanging out in the trees | |
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