ÿþ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Day 17-19, Lima, Peru and Madrid, Spain</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <span class="textbg">Day 17-19, Lima, Peru and Madrid, Spain (28 images)</span><br> <span class="textsm"></span> <p class="desc"><p><span class="textreg">Click a picture to see a larger view.</span><br> <span class="textreg"><br><br> <a href="../../southamerica2008.html" title="South America trip 2008"><span>Back to main page</span></a> <br><br></span> <hr size="1"> <a href="target0.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/boliviaperu_2008_341.jpg" width="154" height="118" title="611. Lima. View over the beach/harbour. It's extremely humid in Lima - not very pleasant in comparison with the nice, dry climate of the highlands that I had just spent two weeks in." border="0"></a> <a href="target1.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/boliviaperu_2008_354.jpg" width="118" height="154" title="613. The perpetual fog that hangs over Lima." border="0"></a> <a href="target2.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1670.jpg" width="154" height="118" title="618. Mid morning by our hotel." border="0"></a> <a href="target3.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1634.jpg" width="154" height="120" title="616. From a street." border="0"></a> <a href="target4.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1679.jpg" width="154" height="104" title="621. And another street." border="0"></a> <a href="target5.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1695.jpg" width="154" height="112" title="624. And a third - just behind our hotel." border="0"></a> <a href="target6.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1602.jpg" width="154" height="118" title="627. Plaza de Armas." border="0"></a> <a href="target7.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1603.jpg" width="154" height="118" title="628. Governmental palace. Notice the balconies. They are inspired by the middle east and have become something of a specialty of Lima. You see them on many old buildings." border="0"></a> <a href="target8.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1601.jpg" width="154" height="118" title="626. The cathedral and monastery at Plaza de Armas" border="0"></a> <a href="target9.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1604.jpg" width="120" height="154" title="631. Notice the large birds hanging out in the spires. They not only have pidgeons in Lima - as on every city's main square - no, Lima has vultures circling overhead. Most likely it's the American Black Vulture." border="0"></a> <a href="target10.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1617.jpg" width="148" height="154" title="630. Vultures on the church." border="0"></a> <a href="target11.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/lene_lima1.jpg" width="154" height="118" title="680. Library in the monastery. Photo thanks to Lene." border="0"></a> <a href="target12.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1702.jpg" width="116" height="154" title="634. From the Gold Museum (Museo de Oro)" border="0"></a> <a href="target13.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1703.jpg" width="134" height="154" title="635. From the gold museum. Cloth with small plates of gold sewn on. It's probably two meter in length." border="0"></a> <a href="target14.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1705.jpg" width="154" height="152" title="636. Gold plate, probably 1.8 x 1.8 m." border="0"></a> <a href="target15.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1706.jpg" width="154" height="137" title="637. Ancient silver armour - probably ceremonial." border="0"></a> <a href="target16.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1698.jpg" width="118" height="154" title="633. Museo de Oro was created by a man who'd been a sort of mad collector, so it had also an extensive collection of other things, mostly related to war and fighting. Like knives. Or uniforms. Or stirrups. Or guns. Or swords. You name it, it was there in several hundred variations. It was quite absurd. I sneaked a few photos. This one is from a passage way with 17 samurai armours." border="0"></a> <a href="target17.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1711.jpg" width="154" height="111" title="638. Mostly knives and guns and swords in here. There was a small room dedicated to helmets, too." border="0"></a> <a href="target18.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1713.jpg" width="152" height="154" title="639. A knife from Rohan, even. Made me smile, Tolkien fan that I am :)" border="0"></a> <a href="target19.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1718.jpg" width="154" height="118" title="641. Hermann Göring's knife - with inscription." border="0"></a> <a href="target20.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/imgp1717.jpg" width="154" height="118" title="640. Uniforms of South American generals." border="0"></a> <a href="target21.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/boliviaperu_2008_392.jpg" width="119" height="154" title="650. Senate, Madrid - We stayed over in Madrid on the way to Copenhagen and had a few hours for a stroll." border="0"></a> <a href="target22.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/boliviaperu_2008_399.jpg" width="154" height="118" title="651. Palacio Real, Madrid" border="0"></a> <a href="target23.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/boliviaperu_2008_400.jpg" width="154" height="118" title="652. Man playing on glasses." border="0"></a> <a href="target24.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/boliviaperu_2008_407.jpg" width="154" height="113" title="653. Jardines Sabatini, Madrid, Spain" border="0"></a> <a href="target25.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/boliviaperu_2008_413.jpg" width="154" height="118" title="654. Plaza de Espana, Madrid. Statue of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, with Cervantes in marble, sitting behind." border="0"></a> <a href="target26.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/boliviaperu_2008_416.jpg" width="154" height="118" title="655. Plaza de Espana, Madrid" border="0"></a> <a href="target27.html"><img align="center" src="thumbnails/boliviaperu_2008_417.jpg" width="154" height="128" title="656. Street, close to our hotel. 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