Another Sunday, another lockdown which has been very slightly relaxed since it is Dia de la Madre (Mother's Day) here in Peru. The slight relaxation does not permit exercise so it was another indoor 5k along the corridors of power and another bowl of spaghetti dished up on the Strava app. It looks like I nipped next door a couple of times but I can assure you that I stayed entirely within my own boundaries. I realise it is not perfectly accurate but hey ho, it's the best we have got. I am sure that we are walking further than the app says.
Anyway, items of interest were really sparse during today's walk so I am having to resort to some archive images taken in the last few days or in some cases some time ago. The first is a horseman who can be found in Barranco alongside Chabuca Granda (were you paying attention yesterday?) There is no information plaque on him so really I have no idea who he is. He is a pretty handsome figure on a fine steed but at least for now will have to remain anonymous. All attempts to identify him has as yet drawn a blank.
On the other side of Chabuca is a church that doesn't actually look that old but is a state of disrepair. It must have been quite impressive at one time but for one reason or another it has been allowed to deteriorate.
On the way into Barranco we passed one of many monuments. This one bears the name Colonel Lorenzo Perez Roca, a la ciudad de Lima (City of Lima) 1506. It has a rather fine looking old building behind it and is actually an odd kind of roundabout where you go on BOTH sides of the monument. Don't ask just follow the car in front. And don't worry either if you find yourself going the wrong way up a one way street. Everyone is really cool about that kind of thing. Just go slowly enough and don't run anyone over and all will be OK. The cops will help you get your car pointing the right way again.
This dude is Antonio Alfonso Cisneros Campoy a Peruvian poet and I guess he must have been jolly popular because they have decided to erect a homage to him. He died in 2012 and this statue was unveiled in 2014. You can read about him here if you have the inclination.
His plaque says "sigo a la vida como el zorro silente tras los rastros de un topo a medianoche", which means "I follow life like the silent fox after a mole at midnight". Sly old devil methinks.
The lighthouse is Faro la Marina and according to the trusted source Google is still an active lighthouse for shipping in the Pacific Ocean. It marks the end of our walk yesterday and sadly the end of today's ramblings.
Another day notched up, another 5k added to our tally.
Take care y'all
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