some of the places i might be going to on daytrips around lima in peru:

paracas national reserve and the islas ballestas
palomino islands
caral pyramids
nazca where the 'nazca lines' are. why are they there? how did they know what they look like from the sky? who were these people? it's all a mystery, no ones knows...

and then when i travel inland to see machu picchu i'll be staying at the garden house just outside cusco for a night, traveling to aguas calientes at the base of machu picchu and staying overnight in a small motel and then traveling back to cusco for another night at the garden house.

and of course, while in lima itself, i'll be doing some city stuff and seeing some very cool places, in particular i'm excited to see the san francisco church with its eerie catacombs below... yay!