Walk

Departure: Somewhere around 10:50AM... maybe? (damn! I forgot again, I have to take the habit)
Arrival: Somewhere around 12:30..maybe?
Distance: 2.7Km (1.68Miles)
Type: Walk.
Gear: My blue cotton short (It´s another one!), my green polyester polo, underwear, sandals, key set, cellphone, wallet, a post it block, the camera with it´s protective bag hanging around my neck, cap.

I stepped out, turned left and left again. Walked straight. Watched that tree they trimmed yesterday. Arrived at Larco..manny people on bikes and walking around. Crossed the street..walked on San Martin and turned left on Colón. Walked through that street watching around the houses. Less people..I preffer that. Crossed 28, kept walking. Passed that school yard, that seafood restaurant and stopped at the intersection in front of the Hotel Colón. Two old men in the other sidewalk were laughing and saying to a cab driver that it´s  "jueves santo", a christian thing..hollidays here. I hesitated which way to go a bit destabilized in my thoughts by the two old men for a few seconds, and then I turned right without thinking much. I saw this person I know and had a chat with her.

I kept walking and got to that other crossing where there were more people. I crossed at the green light. Saw people working out on the grass on my left. If I remember well, I saw those strange characters in a car again. I decided to cross the bridge today so I went under the bridge and out the other way. A hell lot of people at the Beso Frances. Of course! Today is "feriado" for a lot of people! Now it makes sense.

I crossed the bridge. Manny people on that tight sidewalk. I got to the Parque del Amor and penetrated its path. A lot of people. I got to the path above the water and contemplated the view. Here´s how it looked like today. Even less visibility this morning than yesterday morning. Maybe 1km visibility...I couldn´t be more precise. The picture speaks for itself. Quite a few surfers. For the little history; You see those tents down there? That´s where the surf rental/schools are. They stay ALL day long there day after day..some of them, all year long... sitting in their tent, waiting for customers......That´s "Makaha Beach"!

Then I took this other picture of the shore below. That´s how clear the water was today. It´s a different spot so I can´t give a grade. There are no pebbles at that spot for me to say. But it´s not so clear. It´s pulling to green. There were a few people sunbathing and swimming in the sea, in spite of the grey weather. That´s Waikiki Beach! 

I was already heading back home but I thought I´d better sit on the stairs of the amphitheater, relax and think for a while. I chose a postion facing the ocean and sat there thinking...the usual..."my pitched roofs fetishism again"...."mineral prospection and extraction in the Rimac valley"..."anti-matter as a possible source of clean energy"....I don´t know nothing about anti-matter but concerning mineral extraction I thought it could be a good way to generate richness for this poor region that we live in. A while ago I published a list of projects and ideas to generate richness for the region. (It included painting pebbles and selling them to tourists) Lima doesn´t produce much food obviously. We could grow food on our roofs but that wouldn´t be much. That might one of the reasons, why Lima is a poor city. As a matter of fact I harvested 3 mini-aguaymantos this morning! The other richness could be produced  recylcling but I already talked about that and I don´t want to repeat myself and start sounding senile. Today I was thinking about prospection in the zone. So, I guess that Limeños have already prospected the local zone a while ago. I´ve seen a lot of geological researchs done about the Morro Solar, the geological grounds of Miraflores. But in the Rimac watershed, we have more ressources. During my last "hollidays", I took some of my free time to make some research on mineral operations in the Rimac Watershed zone. (I had problems with workaholism) They have found Zinc, Silver, Lead, pirite, Calcite, Cooper, Indium, Bismuth, Gold, Selenium, Telurium, Antimonium...and I´ve counted at least 10 mineral operations in the Lima Watershed alone, some of which are of great size. (These operations are extraction operations and sometimes local refineries that produce sub-chemical products) 

Having said this the mineral operations always pose an ecological danger. Obviously they must be legal, regulated and must obbey to all environmental and security norms. They could pollute the water we drink down here in Lima! For the future we even have to think about Zero-Emmission machinery to extract and transport the minerals. Or we could just use hand tools, like minor pikes or minor bars...and hand wheel barrows...I´m not an expert...never worked in a mine. But I guess the refinment and smelting part will always require the use of fire. But that´s a richness, us, people of the Rimac can use. Perú is a very accidented terrain. It´s very poor. If you go up the cerros you´ll see nothing but dry dusty rocky  mountains. We don´t have much agricultural land, except for these little valleys that we have in the coast...but we can also extract minerals from the rocks and trade them against other stuff with other people from this world.

There where a lot of people in the Parque del Amor. Snotty brats crying and their mother yelling. Couples taking pictures. This woman sitting on the bench. This other guy sitting next to her. That guy sitting behind me. 

I finally snapped out of my thoughts and stood up to get back home. I read the instructions under that huge statue. "Fue construida el día de San Valentin"...pfffff!

There where a group of white people behind me sitting on a bench. Maybe Anglo-saxons. I didn´t pay much attention. I was on my way out. I walked out of the park and got to the crossing. I stopped to read with attention the instructions for the green light. A dude looked at me laughing and a woman passed by after him. But I concentrated reading this...

Well that can´t be right.

😁

I almost missed the green light as I was taking the picture. Crossed the street and turned right. I got to this park where these green parrots seemed to be laughing out loud. Then, they took off. Indeed, we sometimes have these flocks of green parrotts in Miraflores.

I kept walking. Passed in front of that private clinic. Watched the other shore....people, in the swimming pool of the Club having a good time. Crossed the wooden bridge, walked on San Martin with no particular event.

I briefly stopped to buy organic bananas..they only had 2...That should do!....For the little history: These bananas come from the north of Perú! Then I got back home, with my bananas in my hand,  like the primate I am... safe and sound.

Walk

Departure: 10:16AM 
Arrival: 11:26AM
Distance: 2.6Km (1.6Miles)
Type: Walk
Gear: Blue shorts (Yeah it´s starting to get smelly..I´ll wash it..I only have one good short), blue short sleaved shirt, sandals, cell phone, camera, hat, wallet.

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Stepped out. There was one of the big car-towing municipality truck in front of the building. Turned right, the right again, then left...walked straight. There´s big this "mini sink hole" on Larco. I didn´t take the picture but a couple of weeks ago, the bricks of the sidewalk collapsed into a "mini sink hole"...you know...not so far from the B.C.P. So this morning they where fixing it. Actually I think there where two "mini sink holes" in that spot. Near the BCP, there was also this strange man standing there. And this bikers gang riding together on the main street. As usual, bicycle riders and walkers. 

I got to to the mirror and it reminded about that little stain on my short. I standed at the red light next to this..couple..I guess... and got to the Parque Salazar. I looked around. Quite a few people as usual. I went to the fontain to get some water to clean my little stain. The water wasn´t perfectly clean. There where little impurities floating all around. (Near the Condor Statue) I used that water anyway. I saw these two women. (I already noticed them before) I walked to the Mirador to check the sea. Again, this other woman taking a picture reminded me I had a camera in the big side pocket of my cargo short, I took this picture so you can see the visibility this morning. Kind of misty as you can see. Couldn´t see the Morro Solar at all...the view stops at Sombrillas beach. That´s about a 3KM visibility..or 1.8Miles.

I also took this picture of the towers for you to see the clouds of fog wrapping the towers. It´s a usual phenomenom in Miraflores. We see big clouds flying through the towers.

I headed to the malecon, as I passed through a countless of people. This familly I remember. Then I walked on the Malecon looking around. Nothing special. Runners, bikes, walkers..the usual. I got into the park and took this picture to show the transparency of the water. That´s a big old 4/5..I mean..we CAN see the pebbles yet it still pulls to green. 

I turned back to take that picture that got corrupted the other day. I took the picture of that house because of the pitched roof...and you me and my obsession with pitched roofs. No big deal...

I penetrated into the park and chose a bench. I saw that there was still a little flock of sea birds and fishing boats positioned next to them. Captain Ahab tracking Mobby Dick? No...there must be a shoal of fish under there. Fishermen always have vicious strategies to catch fish.

I finally chose a bench in a strategic position and sat there for a while. There where this 2 people practicing yoga on the grass. A man and a woman. When I arrived I saw them in the lotus position other. Dogs as usual. I was thinking but my mind got disturbed by a group debating about chickens. They were having an important argument about vegetariansim and the lack of food. I think the girls where advocating vegetarianism and explaining to a guy that the K.F.C. wings he ate were the product of horrible industrial animal farming and that the chickens where packed with hormones and all sort of vaccine shots that make you grow feathers in the most improbable parts of your body. They also talked about the economic aspect of food and I heard them say that it wasn´t right to kill people to take their food in case of a famine, which is right. Actually I was thinking about that aswell, as I was watching the vegetation in the Balta Valley and the total absence of edible fruits in the trees or any form of food in the local gardens.

A dude asked me in spanish the way to get down to the beach. That place is complicated. "Para ir a la playa, tu tienes que cruzar la calle, ir donde esta la muchacha, debajo del puente y caminar hasta llegar a la escaleras del otro lado de la calle"

I also noticed this woman with two other persons, next to a big furry dog. A chow chow, if I´m not wrong. When they left I heard the guy say something. But I wonder what it was about. I was trying to think about a few stuff as this happened around me and with my other eye I was staring at the other shore, at that yellow paraglider that was trying to rise. The pilots apparently gave up ..maybe due to the lack of wind. There was a slight wind this morning but it might haven´t been enough. If there´s not enough wind the paragliders go straight down to the beach and then...they have to walk all the way up the cliff.

I stood up and took this picture of the "Balta Valley", with the fog wrapping the clouds. 

I went under the bridge thinking it was about time to get back to my H.Q. and heard two compatriots. I thought they where lost because they where talking about the path under the bridge...and asked them about it. But in fact they weren´t really lost and where heading to the Parque Kennedy. "oui, oui"

I walked along the Club Terrazas. Tennis players. I noticed this young girl playing tenis and then I heard this old woman getting out of a car saying something strange. I kept walking and saw the people in the Gym working out as usual..from the other side of the fence. 

I turned at 28 and I saw that same man at the same place. One of the regulars. Walked all the way to Larco. At the crossing I had to think again and make a choice. I chose to walk on the Boulevard again. Longest distance but shorter time to wait at the red light! A lot of people on Larco. So many faces in Miraflores that I don´t really remember all the people or things I see...and there´s a lot going around. Too much I´d say. 

Crossed Larco at the corner, walked through San Martin and got back to the H.Q....safe and sound.

Walk

Departure: 10h30AM maybe even 11AM ( I was stuck to my bed this morning)
Arrival: 1PM
Type: Walk.
Distance: 2.6Km (1.6Miles)
Gear: Blue Short, Blue shirt, underwear, belt, hat, keyset, camera, wallet.

No much. Alcanfores, 28, Larco as usual...got to the Parque Salazaar went to the mirador to watch the sea. A lot of tourists. I guess they are tourists because they are white and have back packs, cameras, sunglasses but for all I know they could be residents. ( I doubt it) Walked through the malecon as usual. I saw this little young woman in front of me who stopped to take a picture which reminded me I had the camera so I stopped to take the usual picture so you can see the visibility today. Very clear. Very blue. As usual a lot of froth on the sea. I wonder...why does the sea makes froth?

I kept walking and took the usual picture to see how clear the water was this morning. On a scale of 1 to 5, I give it a 3 of transparency.....we can´t really see the pebbles....it takes this color...slightly pulling to green.

I got into the park sat at a bench but then I saw a huge flock of birds flying near the water and stood to take these pictures and videos because it´s an unusual event here in Miraflores. It´s a trivial event but it´s the first time I saw that. so I took my camera. And the flock was enormous. But now that I see the pictures I realize we can´t even see the damn sea birds! Well..we see like a black cloud...well, that´s it!

Here are the videos I took but we won´t see either. (I speak in French). I say that the flock is huge and that they might be following a fish bank, a shark bank or a group of whales...I first thought they where going north but I corrected in a second video saying that they seemed to be heading south at a very slow pace. Maybe some fish migration due to the change of season.

So I sat there thinking, keeping an eye on the huge flock of birds. (It disturbed me..I don´t know why) I saw that "regular" walking around the zone. That little woman was sitting behind me. Two other supposed tourists where sitting on another bench. And people just kept passing by, as usual. All sorts of people. It was sunny, as I said..and it was getting very hot. Lucky I had my hat! This man approached me to sell me a popular mint candy brand that comes in a tube and that react with another popular soda brand. But this were of the fruity kind which makes me wonder.."do only the mint ones react with the soda?" Anyway, I didn´t buy them. I might have seen that man before. I kept thinking. I was thinking about local cultural events and royalties. As a matter of fact, there´s a little opened amphitheater on the other shore, in the parque del Amor.

Anyway I stood up again because the birds got closer and wanted to take a better shot. I was staring at them with my hands on the parapet as a tourist asked me for directions with a map on her hand. North Americans I think. I pointed with my finger the street they where looking for (They name of the street on the map was different from the one that appears in Google Maps...maybe an old map)..they seemed lost...went in the wrong direction because there is no pedestrian crossing in that zone...you have to go under the bridge to get to the other side of the road. They where confused so I got back to them and showed them with my finger, again, the path under the bridge. Why not puting a pedestrian crossing there on the Malecon de la Reserva?

I went to the Intihuatana place and took this picture of the yellow flowers they recently planted. THAT´s what they were up to this last month.

(AFTER PICTURES)

Then, I took the picture of that hedge just on the side. Last month I took a picture of it because it was in bloom. It was full of fushia flowers. Remember that picture? A couple of days ago, they cutted all the flowers! Trimmed to the height of the parapet! Seems strange. Why would they do that? Now it looks like a dry hedge. It´s not the first time I seen them do that. near Larcomar, they often trim the bushes so they stay at the same height of a brick wall. I´m not such a fan of bush trimming. I´d rather see things grow healthy naturally and develop in their full strengh...with as little trimming as possible. 

(AFTER PICTURES)

I went under the bridge where two girls where taking pictures. Came out through the stairs as another woman was taking a picture in my direction. Maybe she actually took a picture of me. Anyway, I posed...I smiled and raised the hand. 

I kept walking. Along the Club Terrazas, on 28. I noticed these three young girls coming out of that backpackers. I stared at the kiosk. Kept walking. I smelled a strong smell at that corner at the veterinarian. Maybe dog smell. Got to the crossing of Larco. The choice was easy...the light was green. 

Walked on the Boulevard as a runner passed in front of me and got into an e-shop. He smelled like hell....like rank dried sweat. 

There where no cars at the next crossing. I went to the other sidewalk and got my way back to the building safe and sound. 

Walk

Departure: Somewhere around 10AM
Arrival: Somewhere around 11h30AM
Type: Walk
Distance: 2.6KM (1.6Miles)
Gear: Blue short, blues shirt, keyset, sandals, underwear, cellphone, wallet, camera...

The usual walk. There was an ambulance stationed in front of our building. I don´t know about that event. I turned right and right again. Stopped to see the mural on that place that is beeing restaured as I was eating an apple. Passed in front of the Hacienda Casino and got distracted by the guard whistling Adams Familly. I dropped the trognon and picked it up. I had that silly song in my head for a few seconds so I whistled myself and snapped my fingers a couple of times untill I stopped. I threw the trognon to the garbage and walked on the Boulevard. Passerbys..many of them. That vehicule with strange people inside passed by.  Bike riders on the bike lane. Inspected myself on that glass.

Crossed the street. I heard people saying : "He always does the same thing". They might have been talking about me because I´m a creature of habit. I don´t travel the world from Sydney to California or Bali in a Jumbo jet so most of my days happen here, in Miraflores, day after day. I live in my neighbourhood and one of the first things I do is to check the perimeter to check if something is happening around. I walk around the zone to see if a giant flying saucer is stationed above our heads, if a zombie apocalypse has started or if the Wëhrmücht is parading in the streets. I also check the weather and stuff.

I got to Larcomar. The place was already full (Because it´s "the day of the lord"). I´m a bit agoraphobic. I don´t like crouded places but I have to because I live here. I walked on the Malecon and stopped to take a picture so you can see the visibility today. So here it is. A few dissipated stratus that let a blue sky appear.

I kept walking along the shore. As usual I saw a biker using the bikelane in the wrong direction as another biker was coming in front. I stopped to take a picture of a house with a pitch roof because I´m obsessed with "pitched roofs". Unfortunatelly, the file got corrupted. The picture wasn´t so interresting anyway.

I got to the park, walked through the path. I took this picture of the shore to show the transparency of the water. As usual, many surfers because it´s Sunday and waves good enough for them to surf, as almost everyday. Althoug somedays the waves as a bit flat and slow.  

 Two french women where like "Rrrohhh..Non! Non! Non!" and chose a bench. I sat there for a while thinking as people walked in front of me. A few stopped along the parapet to observe at the sea. There was this woman who stopped. This people behind me walking their dogs. This labrador who was rubbing on the shrubs. 

I was thinking about water again. I got to the conclusion that the reason why the Huatica has disappeared is that the 8 500 000 million inhabitants of Lima, me among them, suck it dry. There is some water in the Rimac during the rain season but if you go to the center of Lima to see the main arm of the Rimac river, you´ll see nothing but a tiny stream, no wider than the Bouleure river in the Bouchonois in France. Like, they say in that Fragil Song (Avenida Larco), "el río ya no trae agua". Because they sucked it all to the last drop and no matter how much we try to save water, the needs of limeños are such that it is impossible to have water flowing during the dry winter season. Yet during the rainy season of the sierra it might flow again. Yeah! 8.5 million people and growing exponentially! But, I´m no one to say that we need a "population reduction" or "population control" measures like in China. But who knows. Why not? I don´t know..I don´t know. "population reduction", that´s a frightening concept. Dealing with those matters is above my paygrade.

A lot of people actually. I can´t remember them all. Exept for that man who got close to me talked to me and shook my hand (I think I´ve seen him before.) and that other woman who I talked to, who´s dog was sniffing my bench and seemed to be intrigued by this other apple I was eating. (Yeah, I ate 2 apples during my walk) I think the name of the dog was "Wanda". Then behind me there were these two people sitting on the grass. I recognised them from the beach. They where the owners of that black dog who likes to swim in the sea. He was there, lying on the grass with a ball on his paws.

Anyway, I stood up and headed my way. I passed in front of the Beso Frances which was emmiting a Michel Sardou song. Got under the bridge and spitted on the grasses descretly. (I still have some mucus in my throat) Sorry for that and for giving you the details. But I beleive that it´s better to expell the germs than to swallow them back, when you are sick. Don´t worry, in normal circumstances, which is most of the time, I don´t spit in the street. Maybe they should reinstore public "crachoirs", or I should use a "crachoir de poche"..or even be placed in "quarantaine" in my house untill I ´m over healing so I don´t contaminate other citizen. I came out the other way, saw that woman taking a picture as I had that silly Michel Sardou´s song in my head for a few meters. I watched the valley, admiring the gardens of the Club Terrazas and the abandonned andenes of the other shore thinking about the potencial of it.

   I got to 28 de Julio. Crossed a few people, as it is usual in a city. This woman. These tourists. Etc.. I took this picture. 

If that was what I think it is..it is sad, right? They might demolish that nice pitched roof house for a 10 level flat roof building. That´s what´s happening in Miraflores, as I explained.

 Got to Larco and thought. Exact same dilema:

1) The shorter path (About 10 meters less) but more time to wait at the green light. ( A few seconds more)

1) The longest path with less time to wait the the green light.

I chose the shortest time to wait and went through the Boulevard. I crossed the street at the corner as no cars where coming and got my way back home, safe and sound. 

   

Solitary urban hiker

Departure: Somewhere around 10:00AM
Arrival: Somewhere around 12:00AM
Distance: 4.22Km (2.6Miles)
Type: Walk.
Gear: Blue short, blue short sleaved shirt, brown cap, big orange hikking back pack, plastic sandals, wallet, keyset...

I stepped out, turned right, as very often. Walked on 28 de julio. Walked on Larco. There was an incident there, which I won´t talk about. Kept walking. Looked at my presentation in the mirror. Crossed the street. Arrived on parque Salazar, turned right, walked on the Malecon. A lot of people as usual. Sunday morning people. A few bikers and a few runners, as usual. A lot of surfers as it is usual on Sunday. There was a light mist but we could see quite well. The sea was quite clear and blue with waves as usual. It´s starting to get grey here.

Got to the park and sat there thinking. Again, I had to move because there was this gardener wattering the spot. Made me think about the use of water in Lima. Couldn´t that water serve a better purpose? Instead of watering grass on a park, in "the yellow zone", they might water a vegetable/botanic garden that would actually provide food/medecine/fibers to Miraflorinos. And that is a whole topic to think about. Is it ok, to introduce non endemic species and modify the local ecosystem to our benefit? 

I changed bench, kept thinking. Then I headed down the brigde and came out the other way, as usual. Walked along the Club Terrazas. The usual activity of the Club of a Sunday morning.

Got to San Martin and turned there. Walked as nothing significant happened. As I got near to my house I thought I heard someone say on the phone: "va al mercado" maybe "van al mercado". It would by strange that he was talking about me (who would care about me going the market?) but then again who knows...

So I kept walking and went to the market, indeed. Btw: I alway see people that seem to nod at me and I don´t know why are they nodding about... but they do. I stopped on the bridge to see the cars and buses on the "sanjon" and thought for a while about all these people travelling in cars or in the metropolitano from distant places of the Metropolis, while I have been living in my microcosm for years. The vision of the "sanjon" always depresses me a bit. It´s ugly and full of fossil fuel vehicules.

I got to Reducto. There where people doing group Yoga, Tai Chi or sh*t like that..on the grass as I was thinking that it´s probably better to do that on a clean surface. I think on Sunday there are activities in that park for brats usually. There where some sort of stands and kids running around behind the market.

As for the market. The usual. Almost exactly as last week. ( I got my cap of at the shade of the stands, as I was starting to feel the heat..the sun came out) I walk throught different stands buying fruits and vegetables. Last week I was short on fruits again, in spite of my attempts to buy more fruits. Again, I tried to buy more fruits to the fruteras who always say "caserito" a thousand times and the customers they call them back "caserita". And everybody calls themselves caserito(a). You hear "caserito" this.."caserita" that. I don´t really know what is means but some peruvian merchants call people "caserito(a)". For me someone who is a "casero" is someone who spends a lot of time inside his "casa" and doesn´t go out much. There was this guy who stopped at every same stand I stopped. It might have been a coincidence again. He spoke stuff to the verduleras. I thought I heard him say "2 errores" o "Jan". Strange. Never seen that guy but he looked a bit like a younger version of the guy who promoted magnesio on peruvian tv. Who knows what that was about. I have no clue. I might just me elucubrating. Anywayzz, I might have forgotten to buy salad but maybe it´s for the best because it often gives me digestive problems. I asked for a slice of vegetable quische for my today lunch. Got the last onion bread loaf. At the end of the market I was very hot, my backpack got heavy but couldn´t afford a glass of chicha to cool down so I thought I´d go straight back to drink water.

Got back home safe and sound through San Martin with no significant event.

Same same

Departure: Around 9h30AM

Arrival: Arround 11AM

Distance: 2.6Km

Type: Walk.

Gear: Blue short, White shirt, cell phone, sandals, cap, keyset, wallet, camera

Not much this morning. The usual walk. Turned right on Alcanfores, then right on 28 headed straight to Larco. Walked Larco with no particular event. Got to Larcomar and sat at the mirador thinking for a while. I took the same old picture to show the visibility this morning. Couldn´t see the whole Morro Solar. It was grey this morning but it cleared a bit for a few hours. A lot of people come to that place. I saw that same woman. Two men standed in front of me for a while. Some sort of english dude was talking loud to maybe…a peruvian girl.

I looked at the hour on the cell pone, stood up and went down the stairs. Right on time. I got into that store and looked around. I thought I heard the salesman say something weird to the other customers. I looked at him weird. Anyway, nothing particularly interresting and I left.

Came out the other way and walked my way to the malecon. Nothing special on the malecon either. I forgot to take the same old pic of the Rosa Nautica. Walked through the park. Stopped at the Beso Francés where they where playing a french song about coffee.  “Prends un café avec moi” Watched down towards the sea, where a couple of people where sunbathing. I didn´t stay much. Maybe 30 seconds.

Then I went straight under the bridge and out the other way. Along the Club Terrazas walking behind a Gardner from the club with a wheel barrow from the work they are doing. Got the the crossing and headed to 28. I saw that “regular” man near the BCP sitting smoking a cigaret. Kept walking and saw a poster on the newspaper kiosk about PPK´s vacancia. I got to Larco and though for a while which way to go.

I decided to take the shortest way home even if that implied waiting a few seconds more for the lights to get green. Walked on 28, to the Alcanfores crossing and I got to the flat safe and sound.

Another walk

Departure: Maybe 10Am?
Arrival: Somewhere around 12Am
Distance: 4KM
Type: Walk
Gear: Blue Short: White shirt, cap, keyset, camera, wallet...

I stepped out on Alcanfores, turned left on 28, walked through Larco...a lot of people around as usual. I noticed this strange woman standing at a Bus stop then I looked myself on the mirror of the Marriott to see if I was dressed properly, an eventual spot or if I had any lagañas. (Yeah. I don´t have a big mirror in my house.) I got to the Marriot crossing as two strangers where mumbling stuff again. I headed to Larcomar. I stopped at the Mirador and sat on a bench for a while, thinking. I wass sitting comfy quite, serene but the two strangers standed in front of me looking at the sea. A woman came in, then a dude with a beard and a lot of tatoos. People sitting next to me on the benches. I looked at the camera above me. Two exentric dudes appeared and stayed there for a while before leaving. 

I stood up and went down into Larcomar. I was looking for something. I saw that store, which was closed (two expensive anyway for my budget). Then I saw that other store that was closed aswell so I asked information to a girl who was in a store next to it. I almost left without saying "gracias" which would have been rude of me. But I did.

I left Larcomar and walked towards the Intihuatana. People, people. I took this pictures to show how clear was the visibility this morning.

Two bearded dudes with tattoos taking pictures. This browned haired woman with blue leggings walked in front of me. I took this picture so you can see how clear the sea was. Oh it gets clearer.

 I saw a few workers working on the pavement on my right. I arrived to the park and took this picture. The dogs where there. That same dog with the ball I think, but different master. That woman I saw previously, walked ahead, crossed the bridge and headed to the other shore of the Huatica. I took a look at the beach down there where people where bathing and taking sun. Looked around for a while. I didn´t stay much in the park for I was late and had business to do. I thought I would have been late if I stayed so I went straight under the bridge and came out the other way. There was this woman with a dog. She was probably getting the dog to the dog reunion spot so it could play with its friends.

I walked along the Club Terrazas. The usual. People playing tennis and people working out at the Gym...and me...looking at them like a wild animal, on the other side of the fence. I got to the wooden bridge, crossed it. There was this girl behind me with a black T-shirt. Maybe it said something about love..I don´t remember. Just another T-shirt with a message.

That restaurant accross the bridge finally sailed out to it´s new port. Now it´s all black. Passed in front of the construction site, and the Británico and kept walking way. I crossed this woman who smiled at me and those other people. Crossed shell. A very crowded place. This other woman went left into that street where the huatica probably used to flow and she came out mysterious from the calle de las Pizzas. Strange detour...then she walked next to me. A lot of people in that zone. That usual man there, at that same spot. I got to the Pácifico and noticed this girl behind me, I crossed the street at the green light and stopped at the red. I stayed on the camellón watching three strange men at the óvalo.

I got into a store and looked for this item. I asked, compared the goods they offered, asked for prices and went out through the other door. I crossed Arequipa and crossed this "regular" one, which recognized me. I crossed that other street and headed to Larco, again. 

On Larco, I stopped at an other store, then another, then looked on 4 differents street stands, then this this other store, then that other one. I think I heard this woman saying something to me in french. I Zig-Zaged from one sidewalk to the other. I wasn´t quite satisfied by my quest but at least I have a few options and prices, in case I decide myself. 

I headed back to the flat.

Walk

Departure: Damn..again...Maybe around 10:15AM (Must note the hour)

Arrival: Arround 1pm

Distance : 4.6Km

Type : Walk.

Gear: Blue shirt, blue short, cellphone, keyset, wallet, camera, sunglasses, cap, sandals, the big DANSAM backpack.

Stepped out. Turned right, then right again, got to Larco and turned left. I walked on Larco, with no significant event I rememember and got to Larcomar. A lot of people which is usual for a Saturday morning. A dude jumped the stairs with his mountain bike... I stopped near the Paddington statue and took a picture. A while ago, vandals, damaged the little tag saying "please take care of this bear". As you can see on the pic, it has been fixed so they took care of the bear statue, as the tag said. 

I headed to the malecon and took this picture of the Morro Solar to show how clear was the view this morning.

I kept walking. Some times strangers get to close to me and mumble stuff so I had to stop to take my distance and regain my tranquility. Otherwise, the usual people on the malecon. Saturday walkers, runners, bike riders..

I took this picture of the sea so you can see how translucid the water was today. We could see the rocks and pebbles at Makaha beach. In spite of the mediocre waves, you can also see a lot of surfers because it´s Saturday.

I got to the park, first sat under the pine tree but decided to change to a better position. I sat further. There was an "ojo" news paper of today on the bench. And a lot of people got close to me and stopped at the parapet. I wonder about that. Not many dogs today. Anyway, I sat there and thought for a while. The classic jewel vendors passed through. Then, I took a glance at the news paper. Basically the news I heard about yesterday and some stuff I´m not really into. Really weird adds on that newspapper. "Ojo" is somesort of Tabloid. 

I stood up and walked towards the Intihuatana. I saw they where finally planting flowers on that space that had been plowed last week. A Jacque Dutronc song at the Beso Frances.

I came back through the same way and again, strangers mumbling behind me. I took my distances from them. I saw this woman behind me and another one passed running. I kept walking arrived back at Larcomar and thought: Should I do the detour and keep walking by the sea path or should I go straight to my destination? I chose to go straight.

I stopped at the church and wanted to cross the street and saw that same woman accross the street. I turned left at the crossing and I kept walking on that street: Gambez Balboa. That woman was still on the other sidewalk so I thought she was following me. But then, she stopped at a grid and I saw she got into a property. 

Anyway, I got to the La Paz crossing. That zone is very misterious to me. It´s like the twilight zone. I mean, the map of that zone is complicated to understand. I thought I turned but I just saw the map and apparently I went straight. I arrived at the Reducto crossing and a man was talking about the political situation in Peru with a cambista. "El país se va a hundir" yada yada. He might have been spanish.

I crossed the street and turned left. Took that usual little street that leads to that same old pedestrian bridge over the sanjón and got to the Market.

Same same. I bought supplies. From an economic point of view, the trick is not to buy "imported" or "procesados". Just basic "local" fruits, vegetables and products. I´m not very practical so I stop at manny stands, take out my wallet ten thousand times. I don´t really enjoy going to the market. One stand might have this and the other not. I´d preffer if there was a local, vegan, organic supermarket with a shopping cart and a cash register that takes credit cards. Anyway, there was this french dude with his girlfriend who bought one single miserable "tuna" and was complaining about the fact that last time they sold him "fruta podrida". The place was crowded. There a few of these germanic peoples talking their strange language. I bought soap as I planned. But something terrible happened to me that ruined my perfect day. When I was at the shade of the market I took off my cap and my sunglasses. I placed them in my pocket and lost them in the way. Maybe I dropped them, maybe a pickpocket took them. I´ll never know. 

😭

I got to the end and had ask for a slice of vegetable quische, some bread and as I was hot, took a pause to drop my bag and drink a glass of chicha which was served to me kindly. That´s when I actually realized about the sunglasses. I came back throught the stands to do the last purchase: 2 mangos! (no more, no less). The plan was also to get more fruits  this time because I´m always short on fruits so I bought a few of different species. I eat a lot of fruits: Each morning, for deserts, for snacks...

I got back home through the usual way with no particular event.

Same same

Departure: Around 9:30 Am
Arrival : Around 10h30 Am
Distance: 2.6Km
Type : Walk
Gear: Blue short, blue short sleaved shirt, wallet, cell phone, keyset, hat, sunglasses, sandals, camera.

Not much. Same same. Nothing special on Alcanfores. Nothing significative on Larco except maybe new advertising on the walls and a writting in that café. I got to the parque Salazar. It was misty. We couldn´t see the sea. 

Took this picture of the Bike rentals of Larcomar. (Mirabici)

I walked to the park and took this picture of the Rosa Nautica so you can see it was misty this morning. 

 The usual the usual. I sat at the park where a few dogs where gathered. A dog playing with a dude with a ball and the three tekkels (Regulars of the zone) came near looking for caresses. Other dogs aswell. There was this personal trainer again. The same probably but with 2 girls this time. I sat there for a bit thinking and went my way when a gardener came close to water the bushes near me. At the Intiwatana, went under the bridge and up the other way. Then, same same, exept that I passed through San Martin because I had to stop and buy a few bananas to complete my breakfast.