Friday, April 5, 2013

Lima - Réplica do Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer replica)


It's interesting to note that pretty much nobody knows about it. This statue has been built about 2 years ago. It's a replica of Christ the Redeemer in Rio, however it's only 37m tall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristo_del_Pacifico

It has been built with funds from ex-president Alan García Perez, as a gift to the city of Lima (or so they say).

I had no idea how to go by bus to the Chorrillos district, where the statue is, so I simply walked.
I crossed Barranco (Bohemian district) on the way and the view was so nice I kept walking all the way to Chorrillos. I only stopped to ask for information to 2 police officers standing by on a corner. Funny enough they told me to be careful as the surroundings of the statue are dire.
I decided to take the small risk and took a shortcut up the hill where the Cristo del Pacifico is. It's a 20 degrees incline so it was not as tough as I thought it would be. It took only about 20 minutes to reach the top.

There isn't really anything over there besides a welcome police van and a few rickshaws. The view from the top of the hill is not really pretty, I'd dare say the view is not worth the walk there :)

Once I came down the hill I finally found which is the right bus ( the pink ones ) that could take me all the way to Miraflores (and that I could have taken to go there in the first place).





1 comment:

  1. levou par de tênis extra? hauhauhauu, pelo morro ali, parece que essa região deve ter bastante variedade para prática de esportes radicais

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