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We squeezed in quite a bit of Lima, Peru on this day. The national museum, the Museo del Larco, the national cathedral and finally, the Monasterio de San Francisco with its catacombs. Here’s a run down . . .
First, the national museum with its various treasures, including the idol of Pachacamac and a fabulous gold and turquoise mask that if we interpreted the signs correctly, was only recently recovered. It had an armed guard and was in a separate dark room, so we didn’t get a picture of this fabulous piece. We did get a shot of the idol though, and some other exhibits.
Second was The Larco Museum. This place has an enormous collection of pots, and will even allow you to view its massive storage area. David snapped some video here. We’ll post it as soon as we find an internet cafe that can handle the file uploads. They also have an erotic ceramic art exhibit featuring people and animals in various states of activity . . . interesting.
Third, the national cathedral and its religious art museum in downtown Lima, housing the remains of Francisco Pizarro, and a reasonably impressive Christian art collection. Last but not least, we toured the Monasterio de San Francisco and its catacombs. Unfortunately, they did not allow photographs, but David did get a shot or two of the outside.
After a full day of sight seeing, picture taking and walking, we made our way back to the hotel and picnicked on Italian Parmesan, fruit, sandwiches and red Peruvian wine, while making plans for the journey to the Sacred Valley, and Machu Picchu.