PERU FOR 2: The last day... busy until the last moment!

An overnighter on the bus, and bright and early, we arrive in Lima... to gridlock! We had the front seats on our doubledecker bus, and this was our early morning view - the highway was jammed with cars and buses, I assume on commute.

We visited one of my favourite spots again, the church where all the stray kitties gather - and we happen to arrive at mealtime! This is only a portion of the cats, others are being fed in the gardens surrounding the church and the municipal park.

After a coffee, a bite to eat, and repacking our bags for the trip home, we hit central Lima Plaza de Armas for a tour around the squares and the hub of this great city. It is amazingly beautiful, all the old buildings and churches are immaculate and the square is a welcoming place for all. The buildings are white, stone colour, and even bright yellow! You can see some scaffolding in the photos below, we learned a bit later in the day that the final leg of the annual Dakar race was ending here in Lima, and all over the city center, they are preparing for the crowds and the riders to arrive. It's Thursday now and the race will end on Sunday - too bad we can't extend our tickets a few days, it would be a great event to attend.

The water feature in the square.

A great church flanking one side of the square.

We headed down one of the pedestrian streets towards another square, it's so neat to see lots of regular buildings, then an old one smack dab in the middle, just randomly! What a stunning building.

At the far square, all the buildings are white, and so official looking.

After a good wonder, we headed to the Parque de la Reserva, where El Circuito Magico del Agua is located. This is a whole park dedicated to water fountains! There were lasers and music, and the water did all sorts of crazy things! The below fountain was call the magic fountain, doesn't look so magic in the below photo, but it was doing all sorts of crazy things! It's one of the highest, reaching about 20 meters, this one would change from mist to water falls to one tall slender mountain of water.

At this one, they had their main show, which runs three times each evening and has lasers, music, water bouncing around all different ways, and images of flowers, dancers and much more!