Lima, Peru

Juices and Cultures
November 17, 2008 - Lima, Peru
First and foremost, I want to let everyone know that I will be back in the states on Dec 18. I'm going to be staying with my Grandparents in Ocean Reef for a bit and then returning to Roanoke (and at this point, I don't have the date set). I changed my ticket on Wednesday after spending like an hour on the phone with airport officials; I will...
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
October 31, 2008 - Lima, Peru
Happy Halloween! Some friends and I did some errands this afternoon and there were kids in the streets with halloween costumes: batman, spiderman, snow white, and cinderella. I couldn't help but to smile and remember my days of dressing up. The tradition is a new thing for Peruvians, that is, to dress up and go trick-or-treating like the...
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Lima and the Peru Coastline
October 31, 2008 - Lima, Peru
 Lima is a busy city with some ornate architecture, lots of diesel fumes and plenty of crime, which I`m happy to say we didn´t experience. We did risk our lives when we took a beaten up taxi (it almost fell apart en route) to the Miraflores district of the city to sample the cafe culture for which this area is renound. A short walk...
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Cheap necessities.
October 24, 2008 - Lima, Peru
Last Saturday I went to the centro of Lima on an excursion with Martin - it was quite a trip. Our taxi ended up getting in a fender-bender because there was a festival going on and a lot of traffic. The hit wasn't so scary, but the road rage afterwards was very uncomfortable. We ended up in "Chinatown" where I found a bunch of really cheap...
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The day the earth shook.
October 17, 2008 - Lima, Peru
Well I'm happy to say that I'm feeling 100x better from my mysterious cold/allergies/who knows what. I ended up going to an acupuncturist after spending almost a month and a half with the sniffles, cough, and congestion.  It took some time to find an acupuncturist here because in Lima business don't have websites, so it makes searching for...
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