This morning we traveled from Cusco back to Lima. After our short one hour flight and checking back in at the Hotel Monte Real, the group took a tour of Lima. Our first stop was to Love Park where we looked at a statue titled "The Kiss" and enjoyed the view of the ocean.
After leaving the park we took the bus to Huaca Pucllana (map) where we saw a ancient archaeological site dating back 2000 years. This archaeological site was very interesting in a number of ways. The site is about a quarter of a mile long but located in the middle of the city. It's surrounded by modern buildings and some buildings were built directly on top of it. It's hard to describe what Huaca Pucllana really is other than a city of solid mud bricks. The entire site is nothing but mud bricks. Rather than building the way we do now with support structures such as beams and walls affixed to the beams, at this site they made millions of mud bricks, stacked them vertically, added a layer on top of the bricks, then added more bricks. What's really amazing is that due to the lack of rainfall in Lima all of these mud bricks have lasted for over 2000 years.
Bus tour of the city
We then ended the tour with a tour of the house of Mr. Luna who is a collector of nativity scenes.
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