First day off! A house alarm was going off full pelt from 5.30am which sadly meant our longed for lie in was scuppered. Ximena and Franca kindly showed us some of the main tourist attractions in Lima; the Cathedral, the largest church and the main square. We saw the changing of the guards with a military band to celebrate the President's first Sunday in office. Franca told us an amusing story about how the Spanish word for llama and flame is the same which resulted in the statute of Mother Earth in the centre of the square having a llama on top of her helmet! We had the opportunity to do a bit of shopping and most of the team bought llama jumpers which were worn almost immediately as it is very cold in Lima. We went to Ximena and Franca's favourite restaurant for lunch, a chicken restaurant a bit like a nicer version of Nandos and everyone enjoyed it. After our day out everyone was very tired so early to bed for everyone.
The next day we flew to Tacna and despite much speculation to the contrary the flight arrived on time! We had a lovely welcome committee from the Tacna Board who sang us a welcome song and did a couple of the Peruvian Girl Scouts chants. Edliberta took us to a Chifa restaurant which is a Chinese Peruvian fusion. We then went to the Cathedral and main square where we had a photo taken and whilst we waited for it to develop we played 'good morning, good evening. good night'.
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