I bet you are a little confused as to why the title says Ecuador!! Well our flight to Lima from Miami got re-reouted to Ecuador yesterday, Tuesday, due to bad weather in Lima. We chilled in the airport in Guayaquil, Ecuador for some time and then got back on the plane to Lima. About 20 minutes into the flight we started circling the Andes and ended up turning back around to Ecuador again due to heavy air traffic in Lima because the Lima airport was closed because of the bad weather earlier! So we were put up in a hotel by the airline and they also paid for a full day's worth of meals.
When we arrived to the airport we all ate lunch right away since it was 16:00 and none of us had eaten since breakfast around 9:00. Then it was pool time! Yeah that's right we went swimming at night in January, outside!! w00t w00t!
The next morning we had plans to go see a cathedral near the hotel but after receiving a call early this morning, Wednesday, we left earlier than anticipated for a flight scheduled to leave at 11:00. We got to the airport and through security and custom just wonderfully! Then after we boarded the plane we sat in the runway for about an hour, so the flight didn't actually take off until 12:00. But alas we arrived to Lima safe and sound and even went to a museum and church already!
For lunch we went to a place known for it's Chicharron Sandwichs, or pork sandwiches. Everyone ordered the Chicharron and Inca Cola. I had the chicken which was wonderful and some Sprite! What can I say I'm not a very good follower! =]
The museum was all about erotic pottery, well there was pottery from the pre-inca period. There was one entire building dedicated to pottery that had people having sex/pleasuring themselves which were for the gods asking for the ground to be fertilized and such! A little uncomfortable but it's history right!
The church we went to was called La Iglesia de las Nazarenas, or The Church of the Nazarene for those non-Spanish speaking readers.
It was a very beautiful church and just our luck there was mass going on so we got to go to mass today!! After mass we walked around to see all of the statues and such and there was a huge, I don't know if it should be called a nativity scene. It was the entire life, and even some scenes before His life, of Jesus Christ. The birth was definitely the main focus though.
We had Pollo a la Brasa for supper, or Rotissery Chicken. Again completely delicioso!!
Onward after that to a market to get snacks and anything that we may have forgotten at home. I got some fruit that I have never seen before and cannot remember the names but I will find out and let you know, as well as how they taste once I have some!
That's about it for today but tomorrow will be a full day of adventure so don't go far!!
Peace, Love, and Jesus
Sedelle
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