Museo Larco Lima

Av. Bolivar 1515, Pueblo Libre Lima , Peru - Phone: 51 1 - 461 1312

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  • Sounds Fun

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    mlcfrancesca 0 contribution Australia Nov 10, 2011

    It was a bit boring and I was really not in a good mood

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  • 1

    First stop Lima

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    Entry containing 21 photos titled: Plaza Mayor Lima, Police at Plaza Mayor Lima, Cathedral Lima, Santo Domingo convent, Lima, Santo Domingo Convent, Lima, Amazing Watershow in Lima, Watershow Lima with a friend, Magic Water Circuit, Local children enjoying watershow in Lima

  • 2

    Peru - First Impressions

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    Goodbye Ecuador, hello Peru!! Ok same language, same time zone, even in the same bloody mountain range (Andes), but what a complete change of scenery is the fine Andean country of Peru!

    Upon arrival at Lima Airport (Capital of Peru), all you can see are bill boards and advertisements in different shades, colours and sizes, but all of one …

  • 3

    More Perspective in Lima

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    September 28 to September 30, 2012: Lima, Peru

    Lima was part of our itinerary only because it was the location of the international airport. I had read that it was a dangerous city and so had not planned on spending any time there. As it turns out, however, we had a day to kill (unfortunate pun …) so we ended up spending a day and …

  • 4

    Peru!!!

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    We finally arrived in Lima today at around lunch-time. The first thing we did was go to our hotel by taxi then by bus to Nova Skin, locals told us it was the best place to relieve your skin from all the plain-stress. They were sooo right. I felt so clean afterwards and they'd massaged all the pain out of my back.

    After that we went to …

  • 5

    Lima; Is that a thick fog? Nope, just smog.

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    Not sure if I put this into the last update or not, but on our last day in Cusco, I got a shoe cleaning. It was a little kid who initially went after Sarah, then turned his attention to me saying my shoes needed super glue as well. Since I was planning on buying some myself anyway, he offered to clean and glue them for 1 Soles, and I agreed. One of …

  • 6

    Day One Lima, Peru

    I arrived in Lima last night around 9:30. The first night was spent in the Hotel Carmel. The room was small and the decor was a little dated and worn looking but it was very clean and the service was very good. It was very loud with car horns honking pretty much all night.

    After a quick breakfast we checked out of the Hotel Carmel and into …

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  • 1

    Mira (sol and flores)

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    ... sauce on top of a potato with rice.  I had no idea the food would be so good in Peru.   The following day I went to Museo Larco on the other side of town.  They have a collection that includes over 3000 years of Peruvian ...

  • 2

    I'm here and I'm going non-stop!!!

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    ... a day tour of Lima and I was invited., So the 5 of us and Francis set out at like 9 am : First stop was Museo Larco, it contains a hug collection of ceramics, exhibits of gold and silverwork, weavings, and most interesting are in infamous collection ...

  • 3

    The delights of Lima

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    ... display (which we couldn"t really work out but it was pretty impressive). Then followed an AMAZING lunch in the restaurant of Museo Larco, and Inca museum.  We tried Ceviche for the first time.  Apparently it is a crime ot leave Peru ...

  • 4

    The Kama Sutra of Ancient Peru

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    ... caged and also the jaguar. Many of the big cats constantly paced their cells in circles through boredom. I then visited El Museo Larco, the highlight of which was a collection of pots showing sexual practices of the pre-Columbian empires, but rather ...

  • 5

    Record breaking cloth and a wooden cathedral

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    ... turned out to be very agreeable (Lion Backpackers, in case anyone is interested). We decided to visit a museum that evening, Museo Larco. The musuem has an unbeatable collection of pottery (from Peruvian Tribes right up to the Incas), some examples ...

  • 6

    Lima

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    ... and quinua followed by the most amazing ginger lemon and honey tea.  On Friday we visited a fantastic museum called Museo Larco which was an archaeology museum with fabulous pottery remains from 2000BC through to the 1500s so we learnt loads ...

  • 7

    Ceviche, Chifa, Starbucks, and Porn

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    ... possibly visit in a week, but everyone says if you only have time to see one then go to the Museo Larco Herrera, which is in a suburb of Lima, After visiting, we totally agree.  It is a privately owned museum set in a colonial mansion.  The ...

  • 8

    Museo Larco

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    ... at 6 after watching 2 hours of American television, and didn`t wake up until 830 this morning.  Today I went to Museo Larco.  It`s famous for its impressive collection of ceramics stacked in rows upon rows (over 55,000 pots), the exhibits ...

  • 9

    Chilling out in Lima

    ... area and hostage taking at the Japanese ambassador's residence, bothe of which were in the mid 90s. In contrast, the second museum, Museo Larco, had us both in fits of giggles. It also had lots of gold artefacts and ancient textiles from the Inca ...

  • 10

    Touring Lima between flights

    ... Since it was Sunday, we also had the pleasure of his wife's company.  Manuel and Carmen took us to the Museo Larco which tied together the history of the Inca and other civilizations prior to the Spanish conquistadors. Harvey was still experiencing ...