Mail culture
Sending something by mail in Peru is an exercise in perseverance. To give you an idea: our neighbourhood (Barranco) which is sizable enough to elect its own mayor, doesn’t have a post office. At...
Category: Blogging
Fumigated Chicken Foot
Christina and I went out for lunch yesterday. Lunch in Lima usually consists of finding one of the comedores that serve a ‘menu’ meal, like prix fixe meals, but costing only $2.50. At the...
Counterfeit Chocolate
Chocolate grows locally in Peru and there is even some speculation that the Peruvian amazon basin was the original home. There is a chocolate museum just a few blocks from where we live that...
A bit about the Job Centre where I work
I work in a municipal building in San Juan de Miraflores. It’s a quite a large 5 storey concrete building with security at all entrances where they check your bags on the way...
Penguins and mysterious markings in the sand
We went away for the weekend down the coast to a place called Paracas. It has two claims to fame: guano islands which are still part of Peru’s economy (of course the tourist attraction...
Time Zones: Christina vs. Peru
Christina is a very timely sort of a person. It can be a bit unnerving to those of us who take a more casual approach to timeliness. The local NGO Christina is working with,...
Subtle differences
Traffic and public transportation are major themes being in a big city like Lima. Let’s play a game. Can you spot the difference between these two photos? If you guessed that the second...
