Lima - Barranco & Miraflores

Barranco and Miraflores are to the south of Lima's city center. Barranco has a reputation as the bohemian district of Lima because of its bright buildings and street art (and I think a lot of artists as well). Miraflores is an affluent district with a lot of great restaurants and shopping, and feels much different than the city center. Looks like a lot of nightlife, and it attracts tourists (shopping, food, safe).

We walked through both of these areas today. We ended up in Kennedy Park (named after JFK) next to the gorgeous church (cathedral??). It was FULL of people, just PACKED. Like an event going on, but I guess it's like this every weekend. Music, tons of teens, tons of young people, families, everyone. And CATS. Lots of cats. Very fun vibe, we hated to leave!

For once the kids were glad that I was overly friendly with strangers and chatted with a guy who ended up recommending a taxi instead of the bus (one of the boys in particular was NOT impressed with the bus - PACKED, and speeding like crazy). They all talked me into it when Emmett pointed out it was only about $2 more than the bus. So....they should learn that's why you DO talk to strangers. Taxi instead of bus. The nice guy called it up on his app (we don't have internet and are relying on wifi).Read more