Our first day in Lima

Day 2
2011-01-10
Miraflores/Lima 

The coastline

The second day was filled by checking out the area of Miraflores. We had breakfast in the hotel before heading out to explore the surroundings. Our first walk took us to the coastline of Lima. The wonderful steep coast was pretty amazing. It’s not the classical beauty of a beach with white sand, palm trees and so on but it’s definitely a beautiful spot. The waves are pretty impressive and so the surfers were rushing into the water to take their best shot on riding them. It was awesome to be able to walk along the beach with the pacific in front of us. It was so calm and we could just hear the sound of the ocean. 

Later on we went to the shopping area in Miraflores and we were pretty amazed by the fact that the city is very clean. We walked to different spots with a great view on the ocean – one of which is Larcomar with lots of restaurants and shops. 

After that we went to a big artisan market called “The Indian Market” nearby the hotel. It was pretty amazing to see all those handcrafted goods. Instruments, textiles, clothes, statues, masks, jewellery and many more were the things the local people were selling in small shops. 

In the evening we had a wonderful Peruvian dinner nearby Kennedy Park in Miraflores. We were pretty amazed about the flavors and the taste of the amazing dinner.