Day 4: One Day in Lima
We took the train back the same afternoon, spent an evening in Cuzco, and flew back to Lima early next morning. The flight back to New York wasn’t until 10pm, so we had a whole day to explore Lima. Perhaps the city is not very picturesque or perhaps we were in the wrong neighborhood, but I ended up with only several good shots.
I think there is Plaza San Martin in every city in South America. San Martin’s monument has a smaller statue at the base. It was ordered to have a flame on her head, but sculptor put a llama.
Miraflores District has fantastic views of the ocean.
A view from Miraflores
AA Flights to Miami to JFK
Unfortunately, there was no award availability on LAN either to Miami or New York, but there was a seat on AA to Miami. On LIM-MIA AA uses two different configurations: international business class and domestic first class cabin. I was not lucky and ended up with rather unpleasant red-eye flight on domestically configured B757. Oh well, those things happen from time to time.
On the other hand, I lucked out with MIA-JFK B767 having international business class cabin configuration, which gave me at least several hours of sleep before going straight to work.
It was definitely an ambitious and somewhat crazy trip, but it all worked out in the end.
Special thanks to Aaron of Peru Magia y Misterio Travel Agency for organizing on the ground logistics of the trip and tour of Lima. He did a truly remarkable job. If anyone wants his contact info, feel free to PM me.