San Cristobal

From the center of Lima, we bought tickets to go see San Cristobal (The big cross on top of the hill in the center of the city) From San Cristobal you can see a 360 degree view of the city. We loaded on the 20 person bus, and were waiting for more people to fill the bus when we heard the bus driver yelling at someone. We looked out the window and the driver was getting a ticket from the police for being parked in the middle of the street for too long. We then had to drive in a circle around the main square for about an hour until they sold enough tickets to fill the bus. Now the fun began, as we traveled through one of the poorest areas of the city. Then we started climbing the hill to the cross, It was about a 10 minute ride up the hill on one of the scariest roads on earth. there is a 100ft sheer cliff about 12 inches to the left side of the bus tires and a cliff to the right of the bus as well. Star was praying the whole way up the hill. We videotaped the way up to the cross but it is too big to post on the blog. We got to the top and had about 20 minutes to take in the view and see the big cross. On the way down the hill we had to stop so another car on its way up could back up a few hundred feet so we could get past. When we got home the family told us that we were crazy to drive on that road, and they would have been scarred to death.