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 [...]
My Life in Peru Visits Chosica
Yesterday was a really fun day for us. My kid’s school had their annual Spring field trip, which is a pretty standard thing with most of the schools here. We went to a “centro campestre” in Chosica, which I’ll explain a bit better down below. There were three other school groups there that I saw [...]
World Tourism Day
Did you know today was World Tourism Day? It’s actually the 30th anniversary of this day which has been set aside to commemorate tourism and diversity throughout the world. Each year, the day has celebrated a different theme, like eco-tourism, tolerance and communication. This year, the theme is Biodiversity. Wow – there is no better [...]
Popcorn!
You know what’s good? Cheese grits! Ok, that’s an inside joke and a whole other post sometime – but for the month of October (which starts next week!) what’s good is popcorn! October is Popcorn month, it seems. I’m not sure who decided on that, but we love popcorn around here so we’re just gonna [...]
World Cup Fever in Lima
My sister, Suzi, is a huge soccer fan. And since she’s been here, it’s pretty much been World Cup Crazy in my house. I’m not a person who likes to get out of bed early, but I’ve been up in time to watch these 9am games all week! My husband, of course, is a futbol [...]
More Visitors from ‘the North’
This week, I said goodbye to my mother and my nephew, Nick – at least until October when they’ll be coming back down for another extended stay. But the next day, I said ‘Hello!’ to my sister, Suzanne and my niece, Gibson. We’ve had a lot of fun so far, just doing regular things like [...]
Lurin for Fathers Day
Thursday was my birthday, and we had decided that we would go out this weekend to celebrate – completely forgetting that today was Father’s Day too! Although we’d originally talked about going to either Chili’s or to La Terraza in Callao, in the end we decided on something more low-key, fun and family friendly – [...]
Parque de la Amistad
This past Saturday, my mom and I took my nephew and my son Chino to a lovely park in Surco called Parque de la Amistad (Friendship Park). I’ve been wanting to take the boys for ages and having my mom here gave us a perfect opportunity. The centerpiece of the park is the Arco de [...]
The Gardner Came Today!
I have a gardener who comes every 2 weeks and cuts the grass in the front and back yard. My upstairs neighbor pays for the front yard, and I pay for taking care of the back yard. He does it all with a weed-eater, and has a large canvas sack tied around his waist like [...]
CouchSurfing!
Image by Mini D via Flickr I recently signed up with a great organization, CouchSurfing.org. If you aren’t aware of them, it’s an international website that hooks up travelers who need a place to sleep with people who have a couch (or bed, or floor) to share. I’ve been signed up for less than a [...]
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I got tired of life happening while I made other plans, so I quit my job and came to Peru. I live here with my Peruvian husband, two sons, three dogs and various other family members, depending on the weather.
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