Tuesday, November 6, 2012

City Tour Day

"You'd be crazy not to go to Peru and not go to Machu Picchu." So went the conversations before this trip. We stalled and said, "Well if we find a good travel agent we might see." So at the travel agent, in a swanky cliffside Mall which was arrived at after a twenty minute stroll down a wide boulevard, and running the numbers it looks as though we might be going. But just to finish the afternoon off we signed up for the obligatory City Tour. "Be outside the hotel at 14 hours and we will pick you up, but we might be a little late - ten minutes maybe." 14 hours plus fifteen and we get the bellboy runs out and says"You have a phone call!" "Mr Ben, we are a little late the bus will be there in ten minutes." It was and we then proceeded to fight the worst traffic we have seen in most of our travels. But we did get to see the Parque Amor, the City Centre and the Catacombs at the St. Francis of Assisi church. Over twentyfive thousand people had been entombed and we saw most of their bones. Prior to the place being opened to the public the bones were catalogued by archaeologists and it showed as in one part of the crypt there was a pit about five metres in diameter and laid out neatly in spirals were skulls and femurs. I asked the guide how deep was the pit, "about ten metres!"

Being dropped off we recognised a mercado which we had seen in our earlier walk. Looking for supper we found ourselves speaking atrocious Spanish and buying pastry wrapped hot dogs. Putting them together with a six pack and a wrapped flan we toddled off to the room and watched the Warner channel with its marathon of "The Big Bang Theory."

Still tomorrow hasn't been planned yet.

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