.. Jalbum 8.3 June 9, 2007 - Today we had a leisurely morning for what seems like the first time on the trip. After having an easy breakfast, we left for the airport at around 9 a.m. Lima was quite a disappointment though. It was dreary (the weather was cloudy) and the city was rundown, smoggy, and a bit too dirty and industrial for our taste. The beaches of Lima offered for me the time in my lifetime where a beach did not appeal to me at all. We had some down time between arriving at a local hotel meeting point and taking a city tour. Grace and I would take the opportunity to have Chinese food for lunch at a local restaurant. It was quite an experience. It was the first time we had difficult ordering Chinese and the first time we had to order Chinese in Spanish! The food was nevertheless quite good. We ordered some type of stir fry vegetable with meat and some type of fried rice. Afterwards, we had a city tour of the city, stopping briefly at the City's main square and visiting a Pre-Columbian museum. Then we had a buffet dinner at the hotel before being dumped at the airport. As it turned out, the flight to LAX for four of us (Jo, Aimee, Grace and I) would be delayed some 5+ hours. Aimee, Grace and I couldn't believe this, especially considering how our LAN Peru flight from LAX was delayed 10 hours at the start of our trip. Instead of leaving at midnight or so, our flight would not leave until 5:30 a.m. Grace and I slept most of the time while waiting in the airport and during the 8+ hour flight back to Los Angeles. Despite the hassles of travel, what a beautiful trip we had on the Inca Trail and in the Andean Mountains.... Grace and I feel so lucky and privileged to have taken this trip for our honeymoon. slides/100_5145.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Packing up at Cusco #1 Packing up at Cusco #1 slides/100_5145.JPG slides/100_5147.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Group shot at Cusco Group shot at Cusco slides/100_5147.JPG slides/100_5148.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Last shot of Allen at hotel at Cusco Last shot of Allen at hotel at Cusco slides/100_5148.JPG slides/100_5150.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Last shot of Grace at hotel at Cusco Last shot of Grace at hotel at Cusco slides/100_5150.JPG slides/100_5153.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Allen and Grace at Limas's main square Allen and Grace at Limas's main square slides/100_5153.JPG slides/100_5154.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Allen and Tank Allen and Tank slides/100_5154.JPG slides/100_5155.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Allen with wooden balconies (jealous balconies) in backdrop Allen with wooden balconies (jealous balconies) in backdrop slides/100_5155.JPG slides/100_5156.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Grace with wooden balconies (jealous balconies) in backdrop Grace with wooden balconies (jealous balconies) in backdrop slides/100_5156.JPG slides/100_5157.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Allen at President's Palace Allen at President's Palace slides/100_5157.JPG slides/100_5158.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Allen with horse carriage Allen with horse carriage slides/100_5158.JPG slides/DSC_3859.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Birds and statute Birds and statute slides/DSC_3859.jpg slides/DSC_3866.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Garden in front of the Presidential Palace Garden in front of the Presidential Palace slides/DSC_3866.jpg slides/DSC_3870.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Local kids #1 Local kids #1 slides/DSC_3870.jpg slides/DSC_3869.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Local kids #2 Local kids #2 slides/DSC_3869.jpg slides/DSC_3872.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Carriages in the Presidential Palace Square Carriages in the Presidential Palace Square slides/DSC_3872.jpg slides/DSC_3873.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 A government building A government building slides/DSC_3873.jpg slides/DSC_3879.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Entering the Pre-Colombian museum Entering the Pre-Colombian museum slides/DSC_3879.jpg slides/DSC_3880.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Sign at front of the Pre-Colombian museum Sign at front of the Pre-Colombian museum slides/DSC_3880.jpg slides/DSC_3884.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Storage at the museum is open to the public! Storage at the museum is open to the public! slides/DSC_3884.jpg slides/100_5160.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Pre-Incan masks Pre-Incan masks slides/100_5160.JPG slides/100_5161.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Pre-Incan jewelry Pre-Incan jewelry slides/100_5161.JPG slides/100_5159.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Plant from Peru's desert at the Pre-Colombian museum Plant from Peru's desert at the Pre-Colombian museum slides/100_5159.JPG slides/DSC_3876.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Flowers at the Museum #1 Flowers at the Museum #1 slides/DSC_3876.jpg slides/DSC_3877.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Flowers at the Museum #2 Flowers at the Museum #2 slides/DSC_3877.jpg slides/DSC_3878.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Flowers at the Museum #3 Flowers at the Museum #3 slides/DSC_3878.jpg slides/DSC_3899.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Starting the famous erotica part of the museum... Starting the famous erotica part of the museum... slides/DSC_3899.jpg slides/DSC_3890.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Depictions of sexually transmitted diseases Depictions of sexually transmitted diseases slides/DSC_3890.jpg slides/DSC_3891.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Depiction of Syphilis Depiction of Syphilis slides/DSC_3891.jpg slides/DSC_3892.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Wisdom from the past - size matters Wisdom from the past - size matters slides/DSC_3892.jpg slides/DSC_3893.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 slides/DSC_3893.jpg slides/DSC_3894.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 slides/DSC_3894.jpg slides/DSC_3896.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 slides/DSC_3896.jpg slides/DSC_3897.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Even skeletons are still interested... Even skeletons are still interested... slides/DSC_3897.jpg slides/DSC_3898.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 slides/DSC_3898.jpg slides/100_5163.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Abacadabra....ooohh Abacadabra....ooohh slides/100_5163.JPG slides/100_5164.html# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Performers at airport as our flight was delayed 5+ hours Performers at airport as our flight was delayed 5+ hours slides/100_5164.JPG ../../pictures/june9/100_5165.flv# Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:30 -0700 Performance at Lima airport Performance at Lima airport slides/100_5165.jpg