September 3 to 11, 2021. We had to get a test for Covid-19 within 72 hours of the flight to Lima, Peru. Since the flight was at 6 PM Sunday, we had to have the test beginning at 6 PM Thursday. They stop testing at 5 PM, so Thursday was out. The test results are after 24 hours later. So Friday morning was the first a available time. Sunday at 9 AM we had to leave to get to the airport for our first flight. My test results came through Saturday evening, Eileen’s did not come through until 3 AM Sunday, this was quite close. Not knowing until a few hours before is quite harrowing! We flew American Airlines in our double masks down to Lima where we boarded a bus to our hotel. Ibis Hotel in Miraflores, Lima The hotel was very nice, clean and convenient. I have stayed in 200 hotels, and this is in my top 10. The restaurant on the first level was great, they took very good care of us.
Just down the street (about 4 blocks) was an incredible underground mall Larcomar:
Larcomar mall at night (not my photo). Our Stores (larcomar.com)The view out the window of the hotel. It was a very nice hotel, the towels and soap were in plastic on the bed. All winter they say Lima is foggy all day long.A short tour took us along the waterfront and the parks there.Our guide and the men watering the vegetation.The “love Shack” in the Love Park.An eating area overlooking the Pacific Ocean.A walkway along the ocean.Detail of the wall.Looking out down the cliff to the Pacific Ocean below.Surfers down in the Pacific Ocean.The statue of two lovers in Love Park.Eileen shows the scale of the sculpture.The love arch and red cupid way beyond.Restaurant down in the Pacific.Security.Cupid and his arrow. (in red).Highway and hotels up on the top of the cliff.A huge pyramid in Lima, Peru, it covers 13 acres.Detail of how the pyramid was constructed.Excavation up on the pyramid.More detail.Olive trees left over from olive groves started by the Spanish when the Spanish invaded.More olive trees.Homes.Parks, olive trees, homes.Nice residential area.Old structure with hotel to the left.Municipal buildings around the square.Couple who were engaged a few days later.Road closed to traffic for pedestrians. Men in yellow walk around and change money for you.Street sign and map.The porches on the buildings are a sign of the wealth of the owner, they usually are not useable, just a decoration.ChurchThe display in the front inside of the church in the photo above taken from across the street.Interesting balconies.Walking avenue.Note the security guys.Security guy with two masks and a shield.Security guys lounging. The square was closed for some reason.A church where part of it was a museum, a scale model with a dome over it.Atrium of the museum.Eileen.Painting in the museum.Hiking back to the bus.Back near the hotel, on the balcony of the underground mall Larcomar.Dinner at Larcomar.
