Peru: Day Five

Day five! This was a calmer day. We spent the majority of it on a bus back to Lima. This time, however, we took a fancy bus! They even checked our bags. We had fancy seats, with pillows and blankets, and screens for each seat to watch movies and check Facebook. They also served us lunch. There weren't very many exciting movies, but I did get to watch Star Trek. And it was even in English!

The ride was really great. There was an incident where I was trying to figure out how to open the lavatory to exit, and then the bus quickly rounded a corner and I was violently thrown out into the bus. That was a good time.

We got to Lima and had time to do some sight-seeing. One of the cathedrals that we were hoping to tour was closed, but we did get to tour a cathedral that had catacombs underneath! We barely got in to the last tour. I was literally running across the courtyard (and jumped over the ledge of the threshold) to get there in time. That cathedral was really cool (and slightly creepy) to see. We couldn't take any pictures in there, but here is the website. Outside, the nice missionaries took some pictures of us. I also got a really gorgeous shot of the Peruvian "White House".

After the touring, we went in search of dinner. There's a large shopping center and we found a McDonald's! Which was exciting. Here's a fun fact about Peruvian money: everything is cheaper in Peru. Here's a fun fact about McDonald's in Peru: rather than making their prices in line with everything else in Peru, they just converted the dollar prices into soles. As such, McDonald's is actually a pretty pricey place. I paid as much for my dinner there as I did in the fancy restaurant in Huancayo. Bergs mentioned that the high price actually makes McDonald's a nice place to take a date, as was made evident by the couple making out directly in my line of sight...it was quite awkward.

And that was pretty much day five. We got to the hostel early because we had to catch a super early flight to Cusco in the morning. Highlights of that hostel: the shower did have some hot water, but the glass door between the shower and the rest of the room was not properly lined, so we covered it with a towel. Good times.