Peru: Lima

We did not have a lot of time in Lima, but enjoyed exploring the historic city center.  We started at the Plaza de Armas and gave ourselves a walking tour, which consisted mostly of churches.  We took a guided tour of Monasterio San Francisco, which has a library containing more than 25,000 ancient texts and catacombs lined with bones.  Lima was our first introduction to Peru and we found Peruvians to be generally welcoming and friendly.  Even taxi drivers seemed honest - for taxi drivers anyway.  We were only called "gringos" once - by a boy yelling from a window.

Guards outside the Government Palace

Catacombs of San Francisco Monastery

Plaza de Armas

Recoleta Church of Lima

Government Palace