Tag Archives: lima
Two Gringo Killers of Peruvian Women
Posted on 15. Jan, 2012 by Colin.
SUMMARY: A look at Joran van der Sloot & William Trickett Smith II, plus prison for gringos in Latin America.
Continue Reading
Pictures of Barranco in Lima, Peru
Posted on 10. Jan, 2012 by Colin.
Pictures of the bohemian Barranco district in Lima, Peru.
Continue Reading
Pictures of Miraflores in Lima, Peru
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Pictures of the urban, upscale Miraflores neighborhood in Lima, Peru.
Continue Reading
Taxis in Colombia vs. Peru
Posted on 19. Jul, 2009 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Explaining the risks and rules of taking taxis in Colombia and Peru: Peruvian Rules, Peruvian Stories, Colombian Rules, and Colombian Stories.
American taxis are generally safe. The worst thing is to get “taken for a ride.” Taxis in Latin America can be dangerous. The worst thing is getting robbed, raped, and/or murdered. There are rules to taking taxis in Latin America… Read more
Continue Reading
Barranco Murals in Lima, Peru
Posted on 02. May, 2009 by Colin.
Murals in the Barranco neighborhood in Lima, Peru.
Continue Reading
Save Barranco!
Posted on 02. May, 2009 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Description of Barranco, the coolest neighborhood in Lima, Peru. Features SALVEMOS BARRANCO!, Kaminu Hostel, Galería Lucía de la Puente, Pedro de Osma Museum, and Help Retro Bar.
For our time in Lima my brother and I stayed in Barranco, just south of Miraflores along the coast. I fell in love with the neighborhood. Beautiful and clean with an artsy character not found in Miraflores. We were offered weed early and often. Barranco has Lima’s best murals (though put to shame by Bogota). See Barranco murals … Read more
Continue Reading
Lima City Rocks
Posted on 02. May, 2009 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Stories from my time in Lima, Peru. Sections include La Molina, Magdalena, Larco Museum, Miraflores: #1 Gringo Destination, Chorrillos: The Beach, Callao: Gangsta!, Water Park, Lima Nightlife, and Pics.
I had a negative impression of Lima. Arequipa is quirky in that Arequipeños consider themselves a different country. They won’t say they’re Peruvians, they’re arequipeños. It’s like Texas and Texans but worse. Arequipa has its own flag and passports. The founding day of Arequipa is a bigger party than Peruvian Independence Day … Read more
Continue Reading
The Final Word on Bricheras
Posted on 08. Apr, 2009 by Colin.
SUMMARY: After a year in Peru I explain what it means to be a brichera and categorize them into Type 1′s or Type 2′s.
In retrospect my first Peruvian girlfriend was a brichera given she offered to marry me. But the Peruvians said she wasn’t. She didn’t speak English and never had a gringo boyfriend. So my first bona fide, gringo-hunting brichera (an English-speaker studying tourism) came my last week in Arequipa … Read more
Continue Reading
