I'm on the first bus to Lima, three hours away from Ica, on a mission to try and get my camera fixed by a Canon specialist, a rare commodity on this continent. On my several taxi rides across the city I manage to develop a dislike for Lima. It may have something to do with the horror stories I've heard about how unsafe it is, but if I'm brutally honest it's the most unattractive city I've visited so far in South America.
It's a vast, flat, sprawling place covered in thick smog - and hot and dry (30 degrees). I'm relieved I only have a day here. After dropping my camera off and begging the technician to try and fix it today, I take a taxi to the Plaza de Armas in the traditional heart of the city. The main square is nothing special but I arrive just in time for the changing of the guard at the Government Palace. The square is swarming with armed police and tanks as the president is inside.
Not feeling I have a real sense of the city I take a bus through the Rímac slums to the top of Cerro San Cristóbal for a (better?) view of the city.
(Photo - Lima from Cerro San Cristóbal)
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