Lima on our way back to Canada

Our last day in Lima before returning home to Canada.

Tuesday April 25th
We land safely in Lima and hire a taxi to take us to our hotel in Miraflores. We had booked the hotel before we had left for Cuzco. The taxi keeps quitting on us and we wonder if we will make it. It is a long ride and takes us down by the ocean and then into Miraflores.

Hostal

Hostal in Miraflores where we spent our last night in Peru. It is a suburb of Lima.

This is a nice old house close to the main area of the city of Miraflores. It is run by an older woman and her son. We feel quite safe here. We make arrangements with the son to take us to the airport tomorrow evening.

Wednesday April 26th
The last day. We pack our bags, have breakfast at the hostal and then go out to explore. We wanted to find a market to buy some gifts. It would be a long day waiting to go to the airport around 6.00 pm. Twice we walk to the ocean. Each time coming back to the main part of Miraflores we take a different route. There is a huge shopping center down there and we sit and relax for awhile. A very pleasant place to be, warm and sunny. Wandering back through the streets to the main part of town we rest in a park. There is a funeral going on at a church nearby. It is a very expensive looking neighborhood. A woman on the street stops and talks to us.

Looking out at the Pacific ocean from the beach at Miraflores.

There are lots of internet places here also so we send e-mail. Ellen jaw starts to hurt and we sit in the park until her medication starts working and she gets some relief.

Back at the hotel the man is ready to take us to the airport. The traffic is heavy at this time of day and he wants to have lots of time. We are inching along the street crossing a railway track. Just as we pass over a train comes roaring through. "Mucho peligroso"

After standing in line and going through several different areas we recieve our boarding pass and will soon be on our way to Miami and then home.

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El Camino de Santiago, Spain
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