Living in Peru : your everyday companion

These Amazon river cruises are truly incredible. I have lived here for 17 years now and been on many of them. I also have a travel agency here in Iquitos. One part of the travel here is that the roundtrip Lima to Iquitos, if booked outside of Peru via Lan... [read more]

Anyone who has travelled between the US & Peru knows that a declaration form is given out by both the US & Peru, in Spanish & English, when leaving the US and entering Peru, that says that you must "declare" any amounts gre... [read more]

I assume a focus of this university is to graduate students with knowledge in hotel management. Does it also mean they will use the students as "cheap" labor to run the hotel[s]? If yes, 'clever' move on the part of the people who own th... [read more]

Unfortunately in our country the respect and consideration for the pedestrians, cyclists, pets, etc  not exist!. Being a pedestrian  in Perú, specially in Lima, is something pretty dangerous, you must be very careful when walking on ... [read more]

Ignorance of the law does not mean you are not guilty, it just means you are ignorant. [read more]

So 8% of people work in jobs where they are forced to believe in the propaganda of the government to earn a living? I bet 8% also believe Garcia is a great president, or that Pastor is responsible for Crousillat's freedom rather than Garcia.

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What about people who are simply walking. "Pare" signs on the roads are taken by drivers to mean that they have to give way to cars coming in the other direction. The police are very aware of these traffic violations, but do nothing. I was even ... [read more]

A simple question - if US high school students can use a pick & shovel to build a simple water system, why have the local residents waited so long to help themselves? Or is it simply easier to wait for "ayuda" for simple tasks.
Did the ... [read more]

it was so much fun ;) [read more]

More money for members of the corrupt PE government to pad their wallets with. [read more]