A quick jaunt to Lima

So I decided to see Lima for myself. I got very mixed reviews about going. Some people thought it was a big, interesting city in Latin America, full of rich Peruvians living the good life on the coast.  Others (mostly everyone else) thought it was dirty and dangerous. I wanted to go because when I actually leave Cusco, I won't be traveling back through. I was able to get a good deal on the flight and had a couple of people lined up to see.

The weather was mostly gray and overcast the entire time, though I hear its like that 10 months of the year. There was either a mist over the water or it was pollution, I'm not sure which.  The city is huge, it took me at least 45 minutes by colectivo ( small bus) to get anywhere, even though we were staying in a nice central area called Miraflores.  There are some very interesting, Spanish/ Colonial style buildings there,  but they're few and far between. The city doesn't have beautiful architecture throughout, like cities like Buenos Aires or Quito. The do have a cool, very Western style mall built into the side of a cliff. There were more fast food places there than I have seen anywhere else.  I even saw a Tony Roma's, which I haven't seen since Miami.

The highlight was a water park called the Circuito Magical del Agua. It wasnt like Six Flags, more like the huge timed and lit fountains in Vegas. I also went to the wharf to get ceviche, which I've finally decided I don't like, since I don't like fish and its a little bit too spicy for me.  I hit all the other main tourist sites: the cathedral, government building, Chinatown and the monastery which has some big and eerie crypts