Callao is the main port of entry to this part of Peru and Lima is the main city but both are joined with a population of 9 milliion people. We have never seen a port so busy - there were fishing boats by the hundreds, car transporters from Japan and China, cargo boats, container ships and the list just goes on- The port operates 24 hours too - as a ship leaves another took its place.
We took a trip into the city of Lima proper -- noisy, busy, traffic which was mostly gridlocked - what a nightmare to live in. There are some very attractive buidings and the square was a very interesting place to people watch and be watched. There was a very obvious and visble police and military presense which I suppose was there to help tourists feel safe but it had the opposite effect. We visted the catacombs below a monastery and though it was very interesting it was a bit off putting - there were the bones of 20 000 bodies down there - arms legs, skulls, fingers, ugh!!!!
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