To break up the long trip south through Peru on back-to-back night buses, we decided to stop over in Lima. This time staying in the Barranco district, which we discovered last time on our bicycle tour. It has lovely colourful colonial buildings and quite an arty relaxed feel.Another thing we hadn't managed to see last time was the illuminated water fountains at the magic water circuit. We got there at dusk and watched them all light up and lots of children (and T...

First impressions on arrival in the big city of Lima, the capital of Peru, was of a hectic modern city, lots of traffic, new cars and some high rise buildings. Neither of us were overly keen to be here, but as all buses go to Lima to access northern Peru we thought we would spend a few days exploring. The city is right on the coast line, once the morning sea fog has cleared you could see the crashing waves all along the shore. This helped make you forget it is...