We are preparing to leave Callao and Lima, Peru. We have been here two days. One of the reasons I booked this cruise was the fact we are going to stay two days in several ports. This gives you time to do different things rather than just one tour.
I took a tour the first day to get a feel for the two cities, We went to the Plaza Mayor and Lima is taking part in the worldwide decoration of plastic cows. I have a dozen or more photos of these artistic cows. My favorite though is this one which contains a grill in the middle and , of course, the proper utensils.
Another of the highlights of our tour was the Cathedral and a working monastery with wonderful grill work and old tiles. The story about the tiles is that a man was condemned to death for a crime. The Franciscan fathers had ordered the tiles and had piles of them but no one knew how to do tile work. This criminal convinced them that he was a tile layer so they commuted his sentence and he worked for 28 years mounting the tiles and eventually it came to light, he didn’t know what he was doing. Many many mistakes. Some of the cherubs have more than two legs.
Just outside the cathedral I saw this adorable girl feeding the pigeons and couldn’t resist taking her photo. Also, the pigeons up on the ledges. We continued on with our tour and saw too many things to enumerate.
The next day a new friend, Glen, a postman from Canada, took the free shuttle and he introduced me to an internet café so I learned how to use their computer and was able to read your comments. The charge is only $1.00 an hour which is a bit better than $.35 a minute on board. My next post will give all the details of the price structure on board. So, Don, my Dear Lord Kay, please keep reading. It is quite obvious why I guard my computer time for doing nothing but posting to my blog and checking my email while on board.
The sail away was fun. We had a trio and six dancers on the dock performing as we sailed away. I do miss the hundreds and at times thousands of people waving from the shore that we experienced on the last world cruise of the QE2.
Ah, yes, one must miss the adolation of the crowds along the shores as the QE2 said goodbye over and over and over. Thanks for info about computer payment onboard -- 35 cents a minute. I pinch pennies until they bleed. Aren't the Cruise Specialists groups actually Virtuoso groups --- as I was a part of them on the QE2 when I didn't book via Cruise Specialists? Chile has a new President, as you know from the news. A Billionaire! Happy Trails. Lord Kay.
ReplyDeleteAm following along with you, and also with the Princendam since Jo-Ann will be boarding her in March for the Med. Sounds like her dry-docking has not gone well. Then it hopefully will be my turn. I like the idea of the 2 day ports also, it does give you time for more relaxed sight-seeing, especially the first day without having to worry about rushing back to the ship.
ReplyDeleteSusan in soon to be snowy, again, Colorado
Just reviewed your fantastic itinerary for the next several weeks --- to refresh my memory --- and it is overwhelming! Magellan Straits, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage et al. and then Port Stanley and Buenos Aires and Montevideo, where we had a nice little look-see once upon a time. (The QE2 couldn't do Punta Arena or Port Stanley or the Beagle Channel.) Then 8 days at sea before Africa. Lord Kay
ReplyDeleteLove your picts. It looks amazing & I know you are having a ton of fun :-) Happy times.
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