If you have been wondering where I have been during the days not reported it is because we have been looking around the numerous museums in Lima.
Most of the museums we looked at this time round were the military ones that we could not see during my last trip. The main attractions were the submarine Abbtao along with the Navy museum at Callao and the parques dedicated to those that lost their lives in the Army/ Navy / Air Force for their country.
We also took time out to visit the Petroleum museum in the Parque de Leyandes. The park has changed since my last visit some 6 years ago and as much is being refurbished did not have the same impact as before. The petroleum museum was interesting but could have demonstrated how the tri-cone rock bit and drill platform worked. For those that have not seen either they would walk away none the wiser.
Probable the most unusual was the Brain and Neurological Museum with over 300 dissected brains and spinal columns both of healthy and diseased origins. The development of the study has been ongoing since 1942.
For the less squeamish there was the museum at the Plaza de Acho (Bullfight) which showed the costumes of the most famous bullfighters including one where the bullfighter was gored by the bull. Also were the stuffed heads of several of the most famous bulls. It was interesting and like so many countries blood sports are becoming increasingly less acceptable.
The only museum, of those we chose, that we did not get into was the Astronomical Museum at the Observatory as we could get a reply from the phone calls we made.
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