Goodbye to the jungle.

Sunday morning we were up and packing as we had to leave at 8:30am.  Our last jungle breakfast did not disappoint. We left our gum boots on the rack and we were off to the boat for the 2 hour journey back to Puerto Moldinado. The river ride was beautiful and peaceful and then we were in Inferno (hell as the locals call it) and back on the bus, for the bumpy 1 hour ride.  At the office in town, we checked out and then Victor drove us to the airport.  Checking in we were early, so we had time for a nice hot coffee in the local coffee spot.  At the departure gate we ran in to the 2 couples we had met back on our Sacred Valley tour- they had been in the jungle for 3 days and were going back to Cusco. Chatting away the time flew and then we were boarding and on our way.  The plane flew the 45 minutes to Cusco and landed, let some people off and some on and then back up in the air and off to Lima.  Arriving in Lima we were created by Sara from Anywhere Peru, she had been my main contact through all the planning so it was lovely to meet her.  Rafael drove us the 1 hour to the hotel in Miraflores (the traffic in this city is INSANE).  We found out that the severe flooding going on in the country has affected the people of Lima as most of them don't have water.  In the hotels we are pretty sheltered from that so not as aware as we should be- it's pretty bad.
Our hotel- El Tambo- was in Miraflores, a pretty neighbourhood and seemingly safe.  We checked in, freshened up and then took a walk down to Larcomar, an impressive mall, built into the side of the cliffs that fortify Lima from the ocean.  The mall is huge and very modern, quite stunning.  Hunger was our motivational goal- and we headed for Tanta, apparently one of the top eats in Lima.  The chef is Gaston Acurio- a famous Peruvian chef; the menu was difficult to read as there in no English (or limited English).  But we chose a couple of appies and one of them was ceviche, which was truly delicious.  After our lunch/dinner, we walked along the walk that hugs the top of the cliffs and caught the fiery sunset, that Lima is famous for.  We ended up at Love Park and it seemed the entire city was there  enjoying the last suns rays melting away.  Back at Larcomar, we cruised around and realised that the stores were over the top expensive, we found some ice cream and then were ready to head to the hotel for the night.