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This is it, folks. Our last day. We left the magnificent Monasterio at 5:30 this morning and flew back to Lima. We had a nice afternoon in Lima, as we were waiting for the rooms to become available to us. Although Liz and I were a little anxious, as we were only going to be at the ocean front hotel for a couple of hours before we had to head back to the airport to fly home.
I'l keep this blog short. We saw an interesting museum, where a private collector showcased tens of thousands of prestine quality pottery artifacts from before the Incas - as far back as 2,500 BC. It underscores the general believe that the Incas didn't invent all these architecture constructs, for example, but simply applied best practices and made them a little better - ok, I'm simplifying things and downplaying the relevance of the Incas, but you get the idea.
After we saw the almost changing of the guards at the presidential palace. Almost in that we saw a bunch of people come up to change the guards, but then we had to leave for lunch...
Lunch was preceded by a very interesting presentation of **** Pinto (Google him), who has collected over 500 ancient instruments, and has learned to play each according to the local style and tune it is to be played. Stringing those together creates fascinating results. I recorded it, but the 20min video is too long to post here, unfortunately.
We then had a lunch at an old colonial home which has been (and still is) in the family for 100s of years, and has all of the original furniture still in place. A good lunch, a nice ending to the trip.
After that, off to the hotel where I side-stepped to buy a rope for my even further destroyed suitcase for its final voyage. And then off to the airport for our midnight flight.
We arrived on Sunday morning at 7:15, and were picked up by our friend Tony, which was much appreciated after such a long (2) day(s). Stuff is unpacked, laundry is underway, Liz is almost caught up with email, parents have been called, and the refridgerator is stocked. It was an amazing trip. It's good to be home, too.
Thanks for following the blog. I've heard from a few of you, and it's made it worth the struggles to actually post the blog and upload pictures. If I ever do a trip like this again (and I will), I'll be sure to clue you in on that blog as well.
Cheers!
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