Chapters 35 - 37 Summary and Analysis

They enter Lima in "The City of the Viceroys." Lima is beautiful but not as much as it is said to be. The city center has a wonderful cathedral though. Lima has remnants of its colonial past, however, and "still waits for the blood of a truly emancipating revolution." Alberto and Che meet Dr. Hugo Pesce, an expert leprologist, and they have a great conversation. He houses them as well. The next day they visit the port and a museum, along with the leprosy hospital. On Sunday, Alberto and Che see their first bullfight. They stay several days, two days longer than they intended, and so spend much of their time touring the city.

Alberto and Che leave Lima and face mechanical trouble in the truck they were riding in. The next day, May 20th, Alberto notes that they...