June 7, Takin' a tour

This morning we boarded a bus for a private guided tour of Lima. We started by driving 35 kilometers south of Lima to the prw-Columbian arqueological site Pachacamac. Our guide David explained the layered history of the adobe built ruins. He was quite patient considering we were a group of photographers.











After our visit to Pachacamac and a tasty buffet lunch, we drove to the historic Colonial center of Lima. David explained how Francisco Pizarro founded the city at the current site of the Plaza Mayor.


We finished off the tour with a walk down into the subterranean catacombs beneath the church of San Francisco. It was a great tour from pre-Columbian to Colonial.

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