Hooray! I have a Carnet Again!
Getting my new carnet de extranjeria was as painful as I thought it would be, but now that it’s all over, it really wasn’t that bad. I think the worst part was standing in the bank line with Mr. AVANZA! AVANZA! One thing I learned that I hadn’t been aware of: The annual TASA is [...]
Apple and Quinoa Drink
Image by PONCE 2007 via Flickr While in the US we tend to drink soft drinks like koolaid and sodas and ice tea during the warm months, in Peru it’s much more common to drink ‘aguitas’ – drinks made from fruit juice, water and sugar. Lemonade is a common aguita, as is orange-ade. I use [...]
It’s Always Something, Pt. 2
Image by Getty Images via Daylife So yesterday, I told you about the adventure at the immigrations office, but that was far from the end of our day! After lunch, we went shopping at Plaza Vea, and while we were pulling into a parking spot, a woman across the aisle pulled out – – and [...]
It’s always Something!
Image by artfulblogger via Flickr Yesterday was one of those days… you know, the kind where EVERYTHING is a hassle? To begin with, we had to go to Immigration, to start dealing with the carnet de extranjeria problem mentioned in my last post. I expect any dealings in this building to be annoying and tedious, [...]
Carnet de Extranjeria
Image via Wikipedia The carnet de extranjeria is a identification card for foreigners here in Peru. It’s pretty much the Peruvian equivalent of a US ‘Green Card’. There are various ways of getting one, depending on what type of residency you have – married to a Peruvian, investor, retiree, etc. Most of them allow you [...]
Ocopa a la Limena
Image by Yogma via Flickr Back in November, I posted the recipe for one of my favorite ‘entradas’, papas a la huancaina. But there’s another dish that I love, very similar, called ocopa. Now, I have discovered that there are different kinds of ocopa – ocopa, ocopa a la Arequipena (Arequipa style), and ocopa a [...]
Jorge Chavez International Airport
I love Lima’s airport. I barely remember anything about it the first time I came in 6 years ago. One thing I do remember is how the planes couldn’t pull up to the terminal because of the construction going on, so we had to load onto shuttle buses to ride up to the terminal. Then [...]
Crime in the Streets
I’ve always been a staunch defender of Peru’s reputation. People claim that Lima is a ‘dangerous’ place to live, that crime is rampant on its streets. However, in 6 years of living here, I’ve never had a problem. For one thing, Lima has an enormous amount of poverty, and with poverty comes crime. Desperate, uneducated [...]
Summer Days
(Picture of a foggy day in Miraflores) One of the things that I’ve always found funny about living in Lima is the way the people respond to the weather. For those that don’t live here, you must understand that for a good 8 months of the year, the city is enveloped in a heavy, cool [...]
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