Lima

Great flight to Lima. unfortunately the lady by the window pulled the blind and slept so we missed all the views but perhaps it was cloudy?? Stayed in the centre of the new part of Lima and traffic was a nightmare. Lol. Roads near us being used for international walking races. Looked like age group champs.

This is a cheat picture. The air here is usually foggy due to sea currents and air temps. May - November is worst. The city sits above the sea on high cliffs and goes on forever. Great surfing and lovely beaches below. Cleaning up the area for families and very visitor friendly.

Afternoon city tour. Traffic! The drivers of new cars seem very polished but older cars have dings in every panel. We wouldn't consider driving here. Apparently frequent tooting helps as does being biggest and arriving at an intersection first.

Beautiful cathedral in central old city plaza.

Pisco sour museum. Peruvians claim to have invented this declcious cocktail based on the whiskey sour. Yum and dangerous. 

Government house. Changing of the guard on the hour.

Day 2 and driving south to Paraca. The bus was amazing - like first class only the food service was more basic-  and in fact we had 3 bus trips over the day. The first was 4 hours south with superb views of mostly the same terrain with the odd interest spot thrown in. The area has 1.8mm rainfall annually so very dry. Some rivers bring water from the Andes and there can be crops. Otherwise dirt & dust.

Local taxi in Paraca. The tooting here was phenomenal. 

The port here is busy. Lots of fishing and trips in the bay. Large commercial boats take tourists for a speedy whiz. Seats for 40 at a time.

Over the coast of Peru near San Andres airport on our way to Nazca. It was 30 minutes of amazing country each way as we flew to Nazca and then 20 minutes of amazement and spine tingling terror as we circled the ancient pictures made in the desert. Wowee! You'll have to google Nazca lines to see what we saw. Photos simply didn't do it justice.

The airport was a trick. Huge, modern and international but currently only being used for Nazca flights, so empty. Staff are using us for practise though...passport checks 3x, baggage checks, and X-ray for everything. 15 minutes wait when we finally got through security (all 12 of us). Just had to laugh when we sat down in the waiting area with seating for at least 500. Good luck to them. Hope they do get those international flights. 

Boarded our overnight bus in Paracas, changed at Ica after 1 1/2 hours and settled in for 13 hours to Arequipa. Very comfy. 😊👍❤️🤓🚌🚍🚌