Lima, Peru - Day 1

Museo de Sitio Huallamarca

After a red-eye on a Tuesday night, we arrived in Lima on Wednesday morning --- land of smog, crazy drivers, and one third of Peru’s population.  Our hotel driver picked us up from the airport like a breeze and we were pleasantly surprised by our accommodations at Peru Star, an upscale B&B in the San Isidro district.  We began exploring the city.  Our first impressions (remember we’re in an affluent neighborhood): 1) too many car horns, 2) amazing homes with cool wooden garage doors, and 3) an uplifting encounter with a telecom vendor.  Speaking NO spanish, we enquired about purchasing a pre-paid SIM card for our GMS phone (even with dramatic hand gestures the vendor stared blankly at us, not understanding).  With catlike reflexes he produced a laptop with a screen open to Google Translator, prompting us to communicate with him via his laptop.  We loved it!!!!  We might be non-Spanish speaking Americans, but we got the SIM card we wanted and had a laugh in the process.  Thanks technology!