Preview of Indianajill's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Lima, Peru Entry Title: "L is for Lima, T is for Tango" Entry: "Well I guess the Tango is really for Argentina, but Lima is a city of contrasts. Lima is known as the City of Kings, but it is also the city of handsome men in the ¨Latin Lover¨mold, beautiful women with long dark hair, all wearing jeans and high heel boots. There is much squalor here, but the new mayor has been on a campaign to clean up the city and is succeeding very well. There is an increased police presence, new roads are being built, the streets are being cleaned up, and buildings repainted. After all the of scary things we had read on blogs about the crime and pick pockets in Lima it was a relief to see that this had changed. The Main Square in Lima is a delightful colonial style plaza with Spanish Neo Classical buildings in shades of cream, pink and butternut yellow. Gustav Eiffel had visited and worked here and his influence is easily seen in the main area of Lima, if has a very Parisian feel to it. This afternoon we joined a group of Canadians and one American to go on a tour of Lima. Our first stop was to the Park of Lovers, a pretty park located on the Pacific Ocean. A walkway of mosaic wall tiles created a beautiful frame for views of the Pacific Ocean. A large statue of 2 lovers in an intimate embrace creates ...
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