100% Peru

Speechless.

I Can't Believe I Forgot Juanita!

I cannot believe I forgot Juanita the Ice Princess. The the 12 year old girl who was sacrificed by the Incas 500 years ago at the top of the Ampato Volcano. She was found in 1995, frozen and perfectly preserved. Awesome. We saw her on Sunday and she was amazing.

http://www.ucsm.edu.pe/santury/

Things That Make Peru Awesome...

Urination in Public
Cuys
Roof dogs
Dogs wearing clothing because, duh, "hace frio"
Neon light license plate frames
Have to pay 1 sol for a to-go box
Instant coffee
Chagas disease, obviously
Speaking perfect Spanish and getting completely ignored
Obeying stoplights, yet completely disregarding stop signs
...and many more to come I'm sure.

Here we go...
Waking up to reggaeton and gospel karaoke.
African-(South)American Santas
Having drip showers, but not drip coffee. Isn't Columbia next door?
Waking up and realizing that the water was shut off in the whole city because the reservoir was low. Gotta wait until the river fills it up again. Fan-freakin'-tastic.

Chagas Disease article

Here's an article from the Washington Post about Chagas disease (which I'm working on) and other tropical diseases.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125090339313750961.html

Amazon Raft Race.

Hope to see YOU at the finish line...

http://www.iquitostimes.com/race_2009.htm

http://dawnontheamazon.com/blog/2008/11/26/great-river-amazon-raft-race-blog-2009/#comments

Bienvenidos

Welcome! Posts to follow...

Street performers in Central Lima. An all too common sighting.


Bus ride to Arequipa...