Living in Lima as a tourist.

 Valerie and Madeline . At the pool.

Madeline, Koki and Jose at San Bartolo's beach , almost sunset.
San Bartolo is a beach suburb 51 kms south of Lima

Name that carcass .
I got up in the morning with a massive hangover , got to the local restaurant for brekkie only to find this
Pirates of the Caribbean scale boat made out of real bones next to me, i felt like i needed a bucket.

Koki is telling me to stop drinking.

Madeline getting flogged at connect four.

Louise and Myself at the front of Barranco's library .
My Mum and Dad got the same photo but taken 45 years ago
after their wedding in the same building .
Not much has changed they still doing civil services and
they still lending books after almost 100 years.

Madeline kissing her favourite soft drink " Guarana".
I wonder why she like it so much.  Well it's
got lots of sugars, lots of caffeine and yes you guess it
lots of guarana.

The boys from the hood.
from the left: Hugo-aka (El Borracho), Belisario-aka (Emisario), Oscar-aka(Papicio), Jose-aka (Negro)
 and Marco-aka (Alejos)

The picture above it's the real deal, the one at the bottom it's for the better view.


WIRACOCHA

This Ancient Inca god was carved in a 1.98m x 0.74m granite rock and was found by accident by an italian archeologist in 1873 whilst on an expedition in the Andes of central Peru  in the middle of an interview to a local peasant who had it in his home and was using it as a table.

There are a few legends and theories about this ancient god the one i like is an andenean legend that has been carried by word of mouth through the centuries.

In the begging of the world Wiracocha made heaven and earth and put men, animals and plants in it but they lived in total darkness and chaos.
Until one day Wiracocha emerged from lake Titicaca and as punishment to the first inhabitants  he turn them into rocks. Then he divided the Universe into three sections : Hanan Pacha (above world),
Kay Pacha (here world) and Uqu Pacha (the inner world).  In the  (above world) he made the sun, the moon,
the stars and all of the other celestial beings and put order to it's functions and orbits. In the(here world) he made a new generation of men and women that he moulded from rocks that took life and populated the land. And in the (inner world) he made the leaders of the world , they emerged from the lakes, caves and 
water springs . After he finished his work he headed to the ocean and walk the waves and disappear into the horizon . 

The guy on the left is the peruvian version of a tight ass , notice his hands will never reach his pockets.
The one in the middle got pull up by the cops for doing something illegal, probably drugs or indecent exposure.
And the third is claiming it  "wasn't me"

This is an amazing piece of metal work made out of copper and gold plated from a Pre-Inca
civilisation  call Chimu. They lived in the central and northern coast of Peru about 1000 aC.

A golden earring  from the Chimu civilisation .
The plate part of it , it's as big as an orange and the pin it's as big as a cigar.
"No pain no gain Ladies".

More golden jewelry from the Chimu civilisation.
For all the ladies. You can actually buy replicas of this in Peru 

You guess it!

Take a look at the painting of the last supper Peruvian style.
Yes boys that's a guinea pig, and a decent size one too. Yummy.

The sword and the clock that once belong to the General Don Simon Bolivar. (one of the Peruvian liberators)

This is the house where the Peruvian liberators stayed in Lima during their campaings