So To Prove I’m Not Crazy
I’ve done a fair amount of complaining about the difficulty of figuring out what buses go where in Lima. To show our fine friends the sort of difficulties we run across navigating around Lima,...
Never Quite There ( In Peru! ) Blog
Job Hunting Tips for Peru
To all my Y people, this post is especially for you: Having worked in employment with newcomers in Ottawa, I had a sense that a CV doesn’t have the same requirements from country to...
Clean Water and Food Prep
So we put in a request for a water filter, which was approved. The filter cost 200 nuevo soles, the trick to converting (roughly) is to divide by 5 and double the answer to...
Passion South of the Equator
As you may have guessed due to my occasional raving, our new favourite drink is the Pisco Sour. Fortunately for us, there was a celebration of Pisco and Pisco Sours at a contemporary art...
Home Sweet Home
We were requested to show a bit more of the apartment, so I’ve thrown up a few more for you. We are gradually becoming acclimatized to our new home location. Its a lovely little...
Fun with words
I have Spanish flowing through me. I feel like I must be muttering Spanish words in my sleep at this point, but Stephen hasn’t complained yet. Here’s a fun one – my most recent...
Alien Fruit
One day at the Cuso office a bowl was placed on the table which had an unidentified but innocuous looking fruit in it. When asked what it was, we were told it was a...
Mission Accomplished
After a long, exhaustive, and mildly traumatic search, we have found a place to spend the next six months. We’ll be living in a community district called Barranco. It’s not as famous as Miraflores...
