Showing posts with label Lima. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lima. Show all posts

Saturday, January 1, 2011

5 Fun Facts About Peru

Ethan taking it all in at Machu Picchu


1.  Peru has the longest left wave in the world (for surfing). 

2.  Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish conquistador, founded Lima. Lima was the home of the Spanish inquisition for two centuries.

3.  Lima is home to the largest Chinatown in South America.

4.  Machu Picchu remained hidden from the world for more than four centuries, until American Hiram Bingham discovered it in 1911.

5.  Lima is the second largest capital city in the world located in a desert, after Cairo, Egypt. (how random that we have visited both cities in the last 6 months)

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

The Lima coastline






Lima is one of few shorefront capitals worldwide, and is actually situated in a desert. It sure makes for awesome sunsets!



Patrick over the Pacific Ocean


The city of Lima


cantilevered restaurant



The window wall behind the toilet in the restaurant bano!


Sunset over Peru's capital city, 12/27/10.