Lima

Today we flew from La Paz to Lima. We're now on the way home. The best thing so far about Lima is being able to walk up stairs without panting. You don't realise how much you take normal breathing for granted until you find yourself in a place where the oxygen level makes it difficult. Lima is a city by the sea. The suburb where our hotel is is Miraflores, a well to do area on the beach. Today the temperature is about 25C with a cool sea breeze to counter the hot sun. So it feels like holiday weather. We're feeling relaxed and if we hadn't had to get up at 5:15 this morning to catch the plane to Lima we'd probably even feel rested.
We walked to the beach where there's a shopping mall overlooking the sea. A case of surfers paradise on one side and shoppers paradise on the other - at least to some eyes! We were offered the opportunity to go paragliding but decided not to. But there were a few doing it, mimicking the birds, one of whom even joined in the fun at one stage. Instead we sat on the veranda of a cafe drinking coffee and enjoying the view.