Following our massive effort at Maido, and knowing that we were going to be entering the nonstop environment of the tour, we thought we would take it easy. Turns out we still managed to do quite a bit.

Walk along the coast and to the museum of contemporary art, quite small , but interesting enough and then carried on along to Barranco. Lots of Sunday markets underway , families doing family things. I checked out a supermarket and can confirm that pretty much everything is cheaper than home. Blueberries sold by the half kilo for $7. Meat and dairy much cheaper than home.

We stopped and had a beer and cerviche , which was amazing. They love their cerviche here and we love eating it!

Back to the hotel for a bit of a nap and then we dragged ourselves out to the “fountain park”. Turns out it was open as a special event for Christmas and was packed with Peruvian families having a good time. People watching at its best ! Fountains be damned. So much fun. We then went back into the city for an unremarkable meal. Noticeable that our search for vegetables failed dismally. A pisco sour later and it was off back to the hotel

Monday was check out time and time to meet the tour group.

What would they be like? Would we get on ? How many in the tour etc etc. Well here they all ate after we did the initial check in .

A fairly diverse group . 7 women 9 men , Age ranges of 16 to 61. Single people, a couple and a family. We come from the UK, Serbia, Canada, USA, Czech Republic and a couple of Australian boys too. So far, so good. Tomorrow we head deep into the Amazon.