Lima plans

Lima has finally come together and not a moment too soon. We have booked a sea lion cruise with another company (after mine canceled when I e-mailed them to confirm right before the cruise) and have a private car and guide coming to take us to the Pachacamac ruins (an agency someone else is using this trip and set up on board, using lots of precious Internet minutes). On the second day I am taking a ship tour due to the short time in port. There are many warnings that we must take a cab everywhere and that it is not safe to walk. There are 6 of us on the sea lion cruise so hopefully there is safety in numbers. Also I have talked to the shore excursion desk and they feel we can get safe cabs at the end of the pier. However everyone has a horror story to tell about what has happened to someone they know who got off a ship in Lima. And some of them involve getting a cab at the end of the pier (and were taken to a remote area, robbed and dumped) or one where
a group of 6 ship officers (1 stabbed) was attacked in a square. Scary.