Everyone told us not to go. It’s too difficult to get around. Transportation is horrible. The military is everywhere. The smog is suffocating. It’s dangerous and dirty. There’s not really anything to see. I’m so glad we didn’t listen. I would feel cheated if we had skipped out on Lima, as everyone seemed to think [...]

Two whole weeks in Peru, and up until this point we had managed to avoid the temptation. On nearly every street corner, a gust of cinnamon-sugary-fried-dough-scented air tantalized our taste-buds until we could no longer resist. The realization that we would soon bid adios to South America, and along with it, to churros, just became [...]

The Presidential Palace of Peru along Lima’s Plaza de Armas.

I’m a total sucker for a nice green space within any concrete jungle — especially one as dense as Lima, Peru! Give me a patch of grass and a park bench and suddenly the towering buildings of the bustling metropolis miraculously cease to overwhelm. But in Lima’s Miraflores district, they definitely offer more than just [...]