Funny Peru Videos
The last few months have seen a couple of videos making the rounds amongst expats in Peru. The two videos are aimed at very different audiences, but they’ve tickled a lot of funny bones all the same. The first one is recent. It was created by the good people over at Living in Peru. The [...]
Sending Kids to School in Lima
In the Southern hemisphere, summer break is just about over and the kids will be starting up school soon. If you haven’t already got yours enrolled, you need to hurry! By this time, a lot of the best schools will already be full – or so they’ll say. I haven’t run across a school yet [...]
Grenadilla, Maracuya and Passion Fruit
Grenadilla and maracuya are two very popular fruits in Peru. There’s been a lot of confusion over what to call them in English though. Some people call one or the other of them passion fruit, while others declare that neither are passion fruit, because passion fruit is purple. So I put my investigative mind to [...]
Travel to the Manglares de Tumbes
March 2nd is the National Manglares of Tumbes Sanctuary Day, or the Dia de Santuario Nacional Los Manglares del Tumbes. “Los manglares” are a forest of mangroves that grow in the shallow salt water on the coast of Tumbes in the north of Peru. The ecosystem around them is a hot bed of plant and [...]
Chilcano de Pisco
So I told y’all about pisco sours the other day, and just how popular they are. But there is another drink in Peru – a very similar drink, actually – that may be giving the sour a run for it’s money. This drink is called the Chilcano. It’s a great drink for a hot day [...]
Terror in the Treetops
I’ve talked many times about how much I love my backyard. It’s the thing about this house that convinced us to rent, honestly. Besides being a great place for the kids and dogs to play, it’s absolutely gorgeous, with lots of tropical plants. The crowning glory is the 25 foot bougainvillea plant that flowers year [...]
Aji de Huacatay
Yay! It’s Friday – Hope everyone has some great plans for the weekend. We’re getting together with a group of friends to play football (soccer, not gridiron). And hopefully, ceviche afterward. I mentioned at the end of yesterday’s anticucho recipe that it should always be served with aji. There are two types that are pretty [...]
Anticuchos de Corazon
Anticuchos are the Best. Street. Food. EVER! (Thanks you Simpsons’ Comic Book Guy) But seriously, anticuchos are, without a doubt, the most popular food on the streets of Lima – maybe the most popular Peruvian food period. Anticuchos in general are meat on a stick – shish kabobs, more or less. They can be made [...]
Olluquito con Carne
Olluco is a tuber vegetable – kind of like potatoes – that I’d never heard of before coming to Peru. It’s a traditional food that has been grown in the Andes mountains since prehistoric times. Olluco (pronounced oh-you-koh)are more elongated than potatoes, and the skin is pale and thin. Ollucos are used mostly in soups [...]
Is Lima Dangerous?
There’s a frequent topic that comes up in conversations among expats in Peru. It’s a subject that often brings heated discussion, as each person has their own opinion, often based on hearsay and personal experience. And that subject is – Just how safe is living in Peru? Like anyone else, I can only give what [...]
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