Afternoon...

We toured downtown and the Miaflores area by bus with our local guide Natalia. We got out at the Main Square downtown and toured the Fransiscan Monestary. Lots of great spanish architecture and Catholic Art. The catacombs under the Monestary will be memorable for many. The typical pigeons being fed in the courtyard and vultures in the bell tower added to the atmosphere.

Then we went to the National Museum of Archeology and History of Peru. There were many artifacts on the Incas (1500s), Wari (1100s) and Nasca cultures.

After that was some free time for lunch and to explore the area closer to the hotel.

Tonight we are going for a chicken supper. The restaurant is in a mall by the ocean. It is quite the view from the mall that is built into the cliffs.

Tomorrow morning we have a wake up call at 6 am and we head to the airport at 7 am with our boxed breakfast. We will make the hour flight to Cuzco at 10am. (Other half of our group flys to Cuzco at 9). Everyone has started taking their altitude sickness medication and tomorrow afternoon will be for aclimitization.

The weather her was a little overcast, but everyone was comfortable wearing shorts and sandles. (We have heard there is a little snow in Didsbury)

I have forgotten a chord to download a photo on here. I will have to find out who has one. Tomorrow I will try to post a photo.

Mark