"Peru?" Topic
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| The G Dog | 05 Aug 2011 7:06 p.m. PST |
Looks like a trip to Peru is in the cards for 2012. Any advice? For now it looks like Cuzco/Machu Pichu. Anything else worth seeing? |
| Lee Brilleaux | 06 Aug 2011 4:29 a.m. PST |
Advice? It will be a memorable trip, and don't rush it. Take time to get used to the altitude, and don't exert yourself fully until you've had a few days at Andean heights. Drink coca tea, but don't try to bring any home. Don't try to rush from one end of the country to the other. Keep your passport close by – you may need to show it at unexpected times. Carry hand sanitizer and bathroom tissue with you. Drink bottled water, Cuzquena beer, chicha morada and Pisco sours. Inka Kola tastes like bubble gum. Peruvian Chinese food is very distinctive and good. Peruvian beef and chicken had long, strenuous lives before coming to your table. Eat Alpaca but not guinea pig (unless you don't mind the face looking back at you). Banking etc is easier than I had expected, even in fairly backwater Andean towns. If you ride on a bus, take a seat well to the back. Bush crashes are not uncommon. Cuzco and MP are very crowded with tourists and all the stuff that surrounds them. See if you can spend time among the locals in a quieter place. |
| The G Dog | 06 Aug 2011 6:52 a.m. PST |
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 Saber6  | 06 Aug 2011 7:09 a.m. PST |
and stay away from mummies. We don't want THAT happening again  |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 06 Aug 2011 11:55 a.m. PST |
Can you stop at the American Cemetery in Lima and put some flowers on my Grandfather's grave???????????????????? |
| ghostdog | 06 Aug 2011 12:51 p.m. PST |
as ever, please excuse my english.
A friend of mine, who lived in peu for three years, warned about high rates of criminality. Donīt walk at night, always use a taxi, even for very close distances |
| The G Dog | 06 Aug 2011 4:15 p.m. PST |
All good advice. We don't go til next year. SMC1 I'll see what I can do. Not sure if we have any time in Lima yet, other than changing planes at the airport. |
| Lee Brilleaux | 06 Aug 2011 5:58 p.m. PST |
Oh, and read Mark Adams' recent book "Turn Right at Machu Picchu", which is a hilarious account of a New York journalist's bumbling attempts to follow in Hiram Bingham's footsteps. Also, if you order a sandwich, understand that Peruvians believe that some sequence of bread, meat and cheese is expected. They seem to have heard it described, but never actually made one to eat themselves. |
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