Lima

Arrived into Lima on New Year's Eve and with Chris suffering from a horrible cold, we weren't convinced that we'd be having a big night out - but we did in the end go for a wander round Miraflores, saw the thousands of people all dressed in yellow, and then went down to the Malecon (the huge linear park that runs all along the cliff edge) to see the most unhinged firework display we've ever seen. At midnight everyone set off fireworks everywhere from every direction, and then one man who had brought a van load of fireworks carried on setting them off in the middle of the park for nearly an hour, including occasional misfires into the crowd. Anyway, it was a suitably chaotic way to start 2025.

We spent most of our time staying in Barranco which with Miraflores are the two safe and pleasant neighbourhoods in town, and varied our time between eating, exploring, drinking pisco sours, playing with the cats in Kennedy Park and enjoying a lot of sunsets. Ticked off a few tourist things like the clifftops and the catacombs at the Basilica of San Francisco, and overall enjoyed what is actually just a really liveable and attractive city, until we finally got to the point where we thought we should start doing things again.Читать далее