We ended our Peru trip in the Lima neighborhood of Barranco. It was the "beachfront resort" area where the rich people in Lima built their houses in the early 20th century. Most of the houses are now rather run down, but the local government is not allowing them to be torn down.
So some of those houses are being renovated (as hotels, such as ours below)
or as restaurants or museums.
We liked to call it The Montrose of Lima, but the analogy is really incomplete.
The houses were fantastic
and we found some nice small coffee shops:
run by a young man whose grandparents own a coffee finca (La Campiña) from which he gets his green beans. He roasts his own coffee and uses a nice Astoria lever espresso machine.
They were so cute!
We enjoyed wandering about the neighborhood, but were told over and over again by many many people that it was a dangerous thing to do.
We never experienced anything that I considered remotely dangerous, but maybe we were lucky.
I loved this tree coming right through the street
The Malecon, which extended all the way from Miraflores, gave you a nice view of the ocean.
This was our hotel.
They had some great art.
I will post a couple of more things before I close out on Peru
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