Mahalo Chicos, 

Getting to Lima, Peru was the tough part of our flight but once we unwound in our hotel things got a bit easier. We are currently staying at Mirafores Colon Hotel, which is ranked at four stars, but I would give 3.5 stars instead. The customer service is great, but the rooms are rather old and creaky, their buffet breakfast offer simple scrambled eggs, fruits, breads, and some potatoes, internet connection in the rooms-which was one of my top’s-, and jetted tub, but was not very user friendly, so we could not figure it out or it was just poor design. I go for poor design. The rooms are suppose to be non-smoking, but it seems to me that that is overlooked especially in the lobby area.   Our hotel in Lima-Colon Hotel-is within walking distance to the pier. The pier surprised me because it was impeccably clean, the scenery of the pacific waters gorgeous, and the choices of hunts to eat were broad.   The pier stretched out at least three miles a distance one can trot with their love ones and love one puppy. But the only thing that is stopping you from falling of rocky cliffs and onto the cold pacific water is make shift wooden sticks.   There are three floors to the actual pier; the park, the foods, and the shopping areas. Just to name a few surprisingly stationed eats; Hooters, Tony Ramous, and Dunk and Doughnuts. We opted for Japanese food because I adore this cuisine and we heard from the locals that the fish is fresh and great. The Japanese restaurant did not disappoint me. The service was great, our waiter did not speak English very well, but luckily my Spanish has improved and we got what we ordered.  After we ate, we decided to check out the Ancient Gold Museum which boasts original gold artifacts found at Machu Pichu and other areas of

Peru. Once we paid our fee we were lead to an area of ‘Post Card’ viewing. Actually, it is an ‘Art Showing’ of post cards I did not get a sense of the purpose other than,

Peru in and of its self is a popular place to visit. I took a few pictures of some that I thought were interesting.  Then we were directed to go to the Ancient Gold viewing. The security guard handed us two head phones attached with listening devices. Our tour of the Ancient Gold of Peru began with the ‘electronic story teller’ describing how the Peruvians made their gold, silver, and other precious metal. First it was thought by Europeans that the metal making was barbaric because they’d use actual living beings such as babies to cast molds. And that the ancient Peruvians used a large caldron to melt the gold while blowing the fire. This soon proved to be false as the ancient Peruvians had much more simple means that worked with their natural surroundings.   After a wonderful date night of Japanese food and a museum visit we headed back to our hotel and called in a night.  

Ciao,

Odeliza Jacoba