I grew up in a small town in the state of Santa Catarina,in the south of Brazil. It was kind of far from everything. The closest major cities are around 400Km away from there. There wasn’t really much in town for entertainment and I remember that on summer nights my Dad would take the family to the main square to see the water fountain and eat churros.
Roughly 25 years have passed since then and I recently went to Lima. My friends at the hostel invited me to take a night tour of the city with a stop at the Circuito de las Aguas. It’s a city park with lots of fountains that are lit up at night with colorful lights and lasers and there’s also music and hologram projections.
When I arrived at the park I realized that my preconceptions,as it usually happens,were wrong. The fountains were amazing! Some of them were interactive and you’d see lots of tourists and Limenos getting wet and jumping around and screaming trying to avoid or find where the next shower was coming from. There was also a tunnel made of water which allowed people to walk through without getting wet and that had a very cool look.
Interactive fountain getting tourists and locals soaked!
A tunnel made of water!
The highlight of the whole experience was the holographic show at the centre of the park. The holograms made scenes of flowers e different dances,most of them traditional Peruvian dances,and they were really incredible. They used lots of laser beams and colors to create different kinds of awesome lighting effects.
A holographic ballerina dances in the fountain
I felt like a child again! Of course I had to buy some churros to complete the experience and be totally taken back in time!
I remembered my Dad so much and missed him dearly but at the same time I had a great feeling of contentment when I realized that the words he said to me before I left for this big trip were very true:“Enjoy everything and remember I’ll be seeing the world through your eyes!”
Golden Fountain
