Derrall & Julie: A long Walk along the Ocean

Not being ones to sit around, Julie and I decided to walk down towards the beach. It turned into a marathon of over 4 hours. We knew that there was a cool mall somewhere down the coast but weren't sure we could walk that far. Nevertheless, we started on our way.

Our hotel (and apartment) are just 1 1/2 blocks from a huge golf course.

You are never far from a little street vendor, be it flowers...

or fruit.

Right at the coast we found the open market for our part of town, San Isidro.

Very clean...

very orderly...

but not very exciting.

Would you like one chicken or two?

Right in the middle of the local cheeses and goodies, what do we see, but a bag of pine nuts from Costco. Definately not local.

Gas stations are small but tucked away in handy spots all over
town. Gas is sold by the gallon...between US$4.50 and 6.50 depending on the grade.

Since it is always overcast in Lima we were surprised to see islands off shore.

We were at the north end of a very long boardwalk (malecon), had not been walking long, so we decided we needed more exercise. We headed south towards the mall.

I should have taken up surfing when I was younger.

Soccor park...

Strolling park...

Flower park...

Along the way we ran into a couple that was on the plane from Atlanta with us. (no picture)

We talked for almost an hour. They gave us some good tips regarding life in Lima.

Kite park...

Sitting park...

Skate park...

more Strolling park...

and more Strolling park...

Lighthouse park...

the Park of Love...

Gee could you tell?

Pretty cool restaurant. We hear it is pricey, but...

but has a good view of the surfers. It reminded us of Ruby's (Coronado, San Diego style) on

the Seal Beach pier in California.

We knew we had walked a long way, but there was so much to see along the way to the mall that it did not seem too bad. (I'm pretty sure we'll never do it again)