Last day in Peru

April 24

As always, the travel day is always the longest day.  We’ve had a full day of April 24^th and the flight actually leaves April 25 at 2 am.  By the time we reach Edmonton it will be the evening of the 25^th (and no jet lag to contend with).  So it becomes a whole day of hurry up and wait. Hopefully we can sleep on the flight.

The day included a farewell lunch meeting for Dave with the CESO team.  I think the project was a success.  

Even though we had a late check-out we were still leaving the luggage at the hotel while we went out one last time to see the sights of Lima.  We went for a stroll along the sea wall, browsed through some of the shops at Larcomar Mall and ended the evening with our last tastes of Peruvian food.  Then it was time for the long taxi ride to the airport and the waiting began. 

A brightly lit cross shines across the harbour.

Larcomar,  An multi-level shopping mall on the cliff.

The Larcomar built into the cliff.

El pollo y el risotto

We are probably the only tourists in Peru that didn’t make it to Machu Picchu.  We liked our little mountain village and the taste of big city life and now are content to come home with memories of these great experiences. 

This is as close as we got to Machu Picchu.