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).
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).
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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