A look out the plane window at the Andes Mountains on our flight from Lima to Cusco

Another look from the plane window at the Andes during flight from Lima to Cusco

Hostal El Patio in Lima. We stayed here on the way to the Amazon, and on the way back home. (Brenda Barnard Photographer)

Hostal El Patio in Lima

Leaving Lima for Iquitos

Plaza Mayor. Archbishop's Palace of Lima, and Cathedral of Lima on the left.

Government Palace. There was some sort of changing of the guard ceremony going on.

Peru's version of a trashcan looks like R2D2

Plaza Mayor

Guard at the Government Palace (Brenda Barnard Photographer)

Government Palace

Detail work on Archbishop's Palace of Lima (Brenda Barnard Photographer)

Cathedral of Lima (Brenda Barnard Photographer)

Basilica de San Francisco where we saw catacombs with bones (Brenda Barnard Photographer)

Kennedy Park in Lima which has tons of stray cats in residence. Google it. It's a thing.