Pacific Ocean - Barranca

After catching a glimpse of the Empire, we caught a bus to Barranca which is a small colonial town on the Pacific Coast. There is bridge there that is said to be the spot of a lot of marriage proposals. The town and the bridge overlook a shallow calmer part of the ocean. We walked down to the overlook at the edge. There is a road that runs along the coast. There was a big sign that said in Spanish "In case of Tsunami this is an escape route." That was good to know. Right now, as before, it is winter in Lima so the water was too cold to go in. Just looking out at it made me shiver. It did look inviting though. Perhaps in February. There were a couple of musicians and one was playing Charranga, which is a minature guitar with more than six strings maybe 11and a pipe flute. Both are Peruvian instruments which they say I will see more of in the highlands.