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Peru is my original home page. I started to build it in the fall of 1997.
It is about my September 1996 trip to Peru.
It is about my September 1996 trip to Peru.
- Hotel Bolivar, Lima
We arrived to Lima Friday night. In the morning we were eager to see individually as may things as possible before our regular guide comes. It was not difficult to achieve since we stayed in hotel Bolivar, downtown Lima. Before we were ready to go I went outside on reconnaissance how to exchange money. I knew from books I read that street money exchange is legal in Peru, I just wanted to see how it works. Next to our hotel is Jirón Ocona the center of Lima's street foreign exchange market. The moneychangers had clearly marked blue vests with dollar sign on back. As expected street exchange rate was better than in the hotel...
Plaza San Martin was being rebuilt. The were many fences restricting access to certain areas, views of buildings and the statue of José de San Martín were limited and we experienced a lot of noise coming from heavy machinery. We could see that Lima's municipal government worked hard to make city look more beautiful. - Lima
- Lima
- Presidential Palace
Presidential Palace - Miraflores
Miraflores - Lima
Street Vendor - Mass wedding ceremony
We did not have precise plans for the morning - we just wanted to see some buildings and areas that we knew from city maps. We walked the city streets and suddenly we encountered crowd near a small park. People were let in there by invitation only, at least that was what we thought. Many of them were dressed up. We stopped for a moment since we were curious what was going on. It appeared we witnessed a mass wedding ceremony. We were approached by a uniformed man who invited us inside the park and showed us side entrance. There were fifty, maybe hundred couples to be wed. Two couples celebrated fiftieth wedding anniversary. - Lima
Tomasz Hilsberg and Jadwiga Niedzwiedzki - San Pedro Church
San Pedro Church - Lima
San Francisco Church - Lima
Wooden Balcony - Lima
Wooden Balcony - San Francisco Monastery
- Mummy
Mummy in Archaeological Museum - Lima
Archaeological Museum