Peru
Other web pages showing our
trip to South America can be found here
Colombia, Panama Canal, Ecuador, Peru,
Arica Chile,
LaSerena
Chile, Valparaiso
and Santiago
Chile, The
rest of
the trip, and South
American
Flowers
The port was well stocked with
warships.
One
theory expressed was that they had all been purchased surplus from the
US at $1.00 each.
Nancy and her mom found
a cab and the
driver gave them a city tour.
Several times he parked
the cab and
walked with them, an excellent guide.
Her mom was concerned
with all the
police and military personnel and equipment they saw.
It happened that we were
there just
before a meeting with heads of state from most of the countries in the
Americas.
They were getting ready to provide security for it.
The signs on this
building attracted
our attention.
They are on the
headquarters of the
CGTP, the largest trade union federation in Peru.
My Spanish is very
limited but it is
clear that the CGTP wasn't happy with either Peru's president, Alan
Garcia, or ours, George W. Bush.
With the help of some
automatic
translation services I found on the web I took a stab at trying to
understand what they said.
From that it appears
that the big
sign accuses Garcia of breaking promises and other charges I don't
understand even when I see the English.
The smaller one charges
that Bush is
guilty of crimes against humanity, war crimes and a war of aggression.
They made stops at
churches,
cathedrals, government buildings, shops, parks, and just interesting
buildings they saw.
Quite a sculpture don't
you think.
Changing of the guard at
the
Presidential palace.
Shops
A view along the coast.
We saw lots of kids.
While Nancy and her mom
were touring
the city Ester, Michael and I visited two museums and had lunch at a
place that had been recommended to them.
Lots of
pottery with designs
that cover quite a range.
From animal figures,
some nearly
cartoon characters, abstract shapes and many more.
Spinning, weaving and
fabric crafts
were on display.
The dolls seemed to
depict a woman
who was sick and either family members or healers with her.
The close-up is part of
a wall size
weaving completely covered with intricate designs.
And gold, in a below
ground vault.
But probably the most
impressive to
me was the many storage rooms filled with artifacts.
Floor to ceiling shelves
filled with
thousands of pre Colombian ceramic objects that had been
found.
Their state of
preservation was
truly remarkable.
Other web pages showing
our trip to
South America can be found here
Colombia, Panama Canal, Ecuador, Peru,
Arica Chile,
LaSerena
Chile, Valparaiso
and Santiago
Chile, The
rest of
the trip, and South
American
Flowers
We want to thank our friends from the trip Fran and Frank,
Esther
and
Michael, Bill and Lorraine for sharing their photos with us and for you.
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other places we have visited here.
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