Sunday was really a travel day to get to our first stop of the tour, Paracas, about 4 hours coach ride south of Lima on the coast. The bus was a step up from the buses in Ecuador, with seat belts and a safety video, where they warn you not to put your bag between your feet in case someone comes along and takes it! Paracas is next to a place called Pisco, which is famous for it´s production of pisco which is a spirit which goes in pisco sour cocktails! I know I l...

Luckily my friend Lucy who has just done a 3 week tour of Peru was also in Lima, so before she flew home in the evening we managed to meet up for the day which was great! :-) We did an open top tour bus of Lima which took in the sights of Miraflores and the main part of Lima. We also stopped for a tour of the San Francisco church/cathedral (?) and catacombs which was interesting. It was a good way to see the city as it´s quite a spead out place where you could n...