Woman By Haiti in Miraflores
Whenever I arrive in Lima, I use an old blackberry telephone. I’m only going to be here for a couple months, and it’s stupid to spend the money on a phone upgrade. Well, the other day I sat down and pulled a bunch of images off the memory just for the heck of it. I …
Peru is in my Future
Hello dear Streets of Lima readers! I hope you’ve all had a wonderful holiday season! I see that I’ve been neglecting you terribly, but hopefully that is going to change in the next few months. 2014 was a great year, although I wasn’t able to go visit my dear Lima last summer. All signs point …
Thoughts on Peru, Writing, and Other Stuff
What’s up Streets of Lima readers? I’ve been terribly negligent over the last few months, but with good reason. I’ve got a lot of good news for you. Last month my wife was nationalized as a US citizen…so I no longer have any reason to hold back on my criticisms of the US (theoretically you …
Expat Tax Season
Well tax season is winding down here in the US and it’s times like these where you really start to question where you choose to live in the world. I’m not a CPA, but the rule is something like if you spend more than 330 days out of the US in a 12 month period, …
Carcelen Completes Olympic Course With Broken Ribs
After some recent ugliness involving two members of the Peruvian Olympic team that refused to wear Peruvian colors at the Opening ceremonies, Roberto Carcelen has produced some positive press for the land of the Incas. Roberto finished the 15 kilometer classical race the other day, and carried the Peruvian flag across the finish line as …
Peru is a Great Place to Learn Spanish–Notes on Peruvians at Olympics
Learn Spanish in PeruHello Folks, It’s time for my monthly sojourn into some reflections on Peru! I’ve gone through my extensive photo catalog and made some selections for you. The photos are not connected to the contents of this article exactly, but I’m including them because they add a slice of Peruvian life to this …
Happy New Year Fans of Peru!
Hey Folks! I hope all of you are off to a great start in 2014 (and that you haven’t ruined too many checks by dating them 1/1/13…although people don’t write as many checks as before). I notice that it’s been 1 month since I posted an article on Streets of Lima, which is the longest …
Photo Tour of Lima
I was looking through my email today when I came across a message from Adobe. It was a special offer to purchase Lightroom 5 for $60 off. I’d been thinking of getting a good photo editing program for a while, so I decided to go ahead and get it (I guess that makes me a …
Peruvians are Less Judgmental than Americans
I stumbled across a bit of a snitty article the other day titled 10 Things Peru Gets Wrong, and even though this guy followed up a few days later with an article titled 10 Things Peru Gets Right, I still found myself mildly annoyed (and I’m probably going to be even more annoyed when the …
Photos of Plaza San Martin
Here are a couple of shots of Plaza San Martin. As you can see, the plaza is surrounded by very striking old buildings with predominantly white bricks. The ground in these photos is wet, not from rain, but from the general humidity of Lima. The sky in Lima is pretty much always a grey blob. …
Building Mural In the Center of Lima
I kind of like how this picture turned out. It’s pretty impressive when you find a building that’s been completely painted for a massive mural. During my last trip to Lima, I was surprised at how much street art there actually is out there. But geeze, something like this had to have been contracted, imaging …
The Metropolitano in Lima
I finally got a chance to ride the metropolitano in Lima. Back in the old days I used to take the buses on the via expressa almost every day. Back then there were a series of multi colored buses that you needed to choose from. I used to wait for the Number 2 bus which …
