Museo Larco – the home of ancient figurines, gold, and weapons dating back to long before the Incas. Separate is the erotic room. Ancient Peruvians were big into fertility and laughter. Some things don’t change.
The buses. You jump on when you see one with a street written on it where you want to go. It stops wherever you want as long as you yell “Baja —–” (insert name of street here). A man or woman spends all day yelling out the street names and then walking around the bus asking how far you’re going and charging you accordingly (the most I ever payed was 1.20 soles for a very long trip – less than $0.40 CAD). The busy above is one of the nicer ones. They’re small and packed, but you never have to wait long for one to come.
“Vitarte Mexico Abancay” – the street names on the side of the bus. You need to be careful how far the buses go on each street but Lima is mostly a grid so it’s not so hard.
The view from Museo Larco. Day 1 in tropical paradise.
Compared to the rest of Lima this museum is a palace. It’s clean and well-manicured.
It also has incredible gardens whose flowers are thriving at the end of summer.
One of the many side of the road fruit stands. In front is a school girl just finished classes for the day. To the right, one of the scary yellow taxis that shouldn’t be on the road, having never been designed to actually drive on real streets. They were meant for the inside of Japanese factories, kind of like golf carts with doors.
At the gastrological museum. Free entrance for a display of figures making bread in the traditional manner, and explanations of traditional dishes and regions of the country. See the Spanish influence as this was long after the Vice royalty took over.
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