We all struggle to go forward in our daily endeavors trying to achieve succes, and that is the way it should go. But, looking back is a way to see where all started, and there is no better way than reliving your memories with a camera at hand.  The hot and humid summers of Lima, and practically no rain in the winter, make the houses look like this one, my home at age 10, barrios altos
with flat roofs , and big doors like if people were giantscolors of time.  Walking those streets on the way to school or university were entertaining and kept me fitParuro. chinatown with its foods and traditions,  the news . the girls school was nearby and had to walk by. this was an old monastery converted into school, run by nuns, and named Mercedes Cabello (a writer at the end of the xix century)M.Cabello , and today sorrounded by the bullicious taxis, vendors and many more people. Changes are seen everyplace, like the nice hotel facade, now decadent . or the afluent home door: junin st.  What about sundays, well, there was church time, not my favorite, but baptisms were great, good food, friends, and in the big churchlima , but there are so many churches around that area san francisco. There was a cafe where students would meet and chat, near the gobernment palace, and there was a statue of the Conquistador Pizarro in that corner, but now no such thing. Interesting to know is that the statue of Pizarro was originally done to represent H.Cortez, but rejected by Mexico, and sent to Lima, but there has been always a resentment against Pizarro, therefore the statue was moved several times (rejected?), and today is near the Rimac River statue . In the background the highest hill in the city : San Cristobal, initially had homes made of straw mats, but 40 y later, cement, bricks and electricity are part of the scenery.san cristobal , and homes . We will continue our walk another day.