Thursday is the start of their Holy Week holidays here so they are off from Thursday through till Monday from work across the whole country so we didn't have to get moving too early because they were not officially working. I had a piece of pizza and some coffee for breakfast. When we got moving we took a taxi to Donna and Edwin's house and they drove us out to a beach a couple of hours away (with traffic I am sure it was worse in time than distance) and we spent the afternoon at the beach. The drive I think took over 2 hours or at least very close. We took the same route we used to get to Caral and Chancay and when we turned off to the beach I actually saw signs for Chancay. We had to use the Panamerican Highway for about an hour to get there but it took us an hour to get out of Lima.
At the beach we found a spot and set up and then we tested the water which is as cold as the beaches on the north shore of Massachusetts or New Hampshire. The beach was clean and they had tables with overhead tents set up and small restaurants that served food. The sand was fine but had these really sticky black particles in it that would not go away. I felt at the end of the day I would be getting rid of sand for weeks. We ordered a plate of ceviche and a plate of fried fish pieces (chicharon) and ate those when they were served. The food was reasonable though I thought the fish was a bit dry. We also had some Pilsen Callao and some Inca Cola for good measure. After we finished eating my mother-in-law, Ed and I took a walk to climb the hill overlooking the beach. There is a Krishna community called Eco-Friendly Park right near the beach and we climbed up to a small building they had up there. There were people fishing from the cliffs but didn't see anyone catch anything. I think the walk took about half an hour and there was some steep inclines on the way. Still it was fun. Donna and Daniela stayed behind and talked.
When we got back we hung around for a short time longer but the sun was close to setting so we packed up and they wanted to get chancho al palo which is a roasted pork dish that I had not tried before. Edwin drove us to Huaral and asked for a place mentioned on a travel show and we found out where it was and drove to it. It was called Wuarmy's. They specialize in chanco al palo and carapulcra ironically so we also got a dish of that for free with the order of pork. Also they served a red onion salad and white rice. We ate a lot of food and had a local red wine which was strong and sweet and tasted of raisins to me. We had that primarily because they only had Cristal for beer which Daniela does not like. The food was very tasty though I must admit I liked my mother-in-law's carapulcra better than this place. Admittedly it is served in a slightly different style but more it was about the flavor than the texture.
After we finished eating I became the copilot as we drove back to Lima. It was not traffic filled like the daytime so we moved much more easily and got back to Daniela's house to drop off her mom in about an hour and half.
After dropping off their mother it was decided we would do a Holy Thursday tradition and try to visit 7 churches before midnight. I do not know all of the churches but we started near her house and made our way to Miraflores where we finished at the church near Kennedy Park. We made it there with just a few minutes to spare and they even turned off the lights on everyone to tell them to leave. We walked from the park to the apartment with our stuff and called it a night.
The pictures from today are located here.
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