Pam and Kayla arrived last night, and we all met for breakfast in the morning. We got a slow start and walked around to orient the new arrivals and also to a very nice shopping market, which I will probably return to on my last day in Lima. That way I dont have to carry my purchases all over Peru.
After browsing through the market we headed to a ruin of the Lima culture with a small museum. The ruin has a large pyramid, about 30 feet high and is currently being excavated. Ir also has areas where the people lived and stored foods and met for religious ceremonies.
We arrived just before the start of an English language tour. We were told that the people worshiped the shark unlike many other pre Inca cultures that worshipped the feline (puma), snake and bird (condor). This made sense since the ruin was so close to the ocean.
We also saw a couple of the Peruvian hairless dogs called Biringo (meaning naked). They look a bit like a large chihuahuambut they are much betterlooking, and I never heard one yap. Their claim to fame is that they have a very high body temperature and were held by people with arthritis or simply to warm the lap or placed on the feet as foot warmers.
We did a quick tour of the small museum which had some very qood quality pots. This culture would make large pots and then smash them in religious rituals, so the multitude of shards had to be reassembled for showing in the museum.
We took two cabs back to the hotel and then after resting we walked to the ocean so that Pam and Kayla could see the shore and the water. Then on the walk back we stopped at a Chinese restaurant with so-so food. A couple of us tolerated the dinners and a couple had some minor intestinal problems - nothing serious.
Then it was off to `pack for Beth, Allen and me for our flight to Cuzco. Pam and Kayla would be leaving early the day following us.
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