Day 5 - Lima

We met the rest of our group today. Our guide provided a presentation on what will be happening for the next few days.

A tour of the city has been arranged for our group. Ernesto, tour director, will provide an overview of what we will be seeing before we leave for the day.

A bus picked us up and took us to the old part of downtown Lima. Marco, our guide for the day, gave us a bus tour as we drove to the old part of Lima.

Once we got there, we walked through the old town and saw much of the old architecture and cobble stone roads. He took us to the Metropolitan Catherdral of Lima, the oldest and largest church in Peru. We also toured the Basilica and Convent of Our Lady of the Rosary (the Convent of Santo Domingo). Sandy gave her best pose near some angle wings in the convent.

We also walked past the Plaza de Armas. It was closed off, but we could see it from a distance.

Next we took the bus to the Museo de Art de Lima. Here we saw art artifacts from previous civilizations before the Spanish came and concurred the area.

Museo de Arte de Lima

First we will see the Museo de Arte de Lima. (MALI). This museum covers 3000 years of Peruvian history and art.

Back to the hotel for a welcome dinner with our tour group. The food was good and it was nice getting to know more of our traveling companions.