Lima - Day 2
-=[ DAY TWO - Sun 11th June ]=-
Second day in Lima, and our first full day to have a look around. We actually woke up in time to get breakfast this morning. Heading out for a walk down the coast, we were met with a group of about 30-50 keen cyclists all wearing the same t-shirts, obviously out for a morning ride. Over the next hour or so, cyclists kept coming - must have been at least a thousand of them! Obviously some sort of organised thing.
The ordinary weather, cold water, dumping surf and pebbled beach didn’t stop anyone getting out there on surfboards. Not too far away there were also a handful of spear-fishermen, who looked like they were out there for the necessity of putting food on the table, rather than for the sport of it.
Our enjoyable walk along the coast line came to a sudden halt when I was waiting to cross the road, and the heavens opened to saturate me. I looked up. It wasn’t rain. There was a flock of gulls perched on the power lines above that all seemingly decided to target me (and my only jacket) at once. Straight back to the hotel room for a rinse off. Luckily polar fleece cleans easy and dries quickly!