On our first day in Peru the highlight was visiting this museum that contained a massive colection of indian artifacts from many of the Peruvian cultures. Some of the pottery and textiles were from tombs that date to 2000BC. The display in the photo is of gold ornamentation worn by Inca lords. Our first day in Lima was perfect by any standard - the weather was unusually good - clear and warm when usually it's foggy, damp and poor visability. Our guide -Carlos- of indian descent from the central Andes -gave us an extremely well presented overview of Peruvian historic and contemporary life and culture. After meeting him we in short order visited the indian market
historic government buildings and churches in Lima center and then had an extensive tour of Lima neighborhoods to see how the super rich live then the very poor.
All of this was followed by a lunch at "Otani Restaurant" that featured Japanese inspired seafood dishes. After lunch came the incredible displays in the Museums. An early to bed to catch the early LAN flight to Cajamarca - the city where the Spanish (Juan Pizarro) began the conquest of the Incas.
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