Leaders: Jenna and Michael
Photographers (and blog authors) Ryan and Brittani
To start our second day in Lima, we
went on a city tour with a guide named Rocio. Our first stop was at the
archeological site Huaca Pucllana. It was an Incan ceremonial site that was
partly destroyed soon after the arrival of the Spanish and the Catholic
religion, but is being restored currently. The rest of the tour included more
sites where official government activities now take place, but ceremonial Incan
temples once stood. We then toured the San Franciscan monastery. There was a
lot of religious art depicting the glory and the sacrifices of many Catholic
missionaries and other bible stories. We also got to walk through the
underground catacombs, where the bones of many wishing to be closer to God in
death lay.
After leaving the museum, we headed
to Puro Peru, a gourmet buffet. As you can imagine, we were craving a few ribs,
and missing our mummies. There, many of us tried new foods exclusive to
Peruvian culture like chupe, chichamorada, and lucuma ice cream. We next
visited the Museo Oro de Peru. Inside were many ancient artifacts, mostly from
the Incan empire. In contrast to what we had seen at the monastery, the Incans
mummified many of their dead in belief of a second life. We were able to see
the mummified bodies of high officials from more than 1300 years ago. In
addition, Incan tools and dress were on display throughout the museum. Upstairs
we spent some time looking at the museums extensive weapon collection from
around the world spanning multiple eras of warfare.
Before we got back to the hotel to
rest before dinner, we traded in our American dollars for some Peruvian
so(u)les. No deals with the devil necessary.
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