The 15 Things I've Learned While in Peru
It's our last week here in Arequipa (we leave for Lima on Wednesday and then back home on Saturday), so I thought I'd download some of the lessons learned here over the past four weeks...in no particular order of course:
1. DSL in Peru is a rip-off.
2. However, if you don't mind downloading the episodes overnight, Lost is fun to watch in hi-def on a wide-screen laptop.
3. I have a great new weight-loss plan. Go to Peru for a month, get sick three times, lose 10 pounds.
4. Children who don't speak the same language can still have a rip-roaring time together.
5. My haircut the other day cost $3.50. I should have gotten two.
6. The Chechuan people (native, mostly mountain-dwelling folks) will eat pizza until they are sick.
7. Cuy (Guinea Pig) tastes okay fried, until you see them in their little cages.
8. NEVER drink Long Island Ice Tea at high altitudes.
9. But the Pisco Sour is a nice mixed drink.
10. Cipro is the El Capitan of antibiotics.
11. Ticos rule. I want one for a commuter car.
12. Not all children's play areas in restaurants comply with US safety standards.
13. It will take me 460 years to become fluent in spanish.
14. Case in point. I suggested to a taxi driver that I pay him "Dos cientos soles" (200 soles, or about $70) instead of "Dos cincuenta soles" or about 90 cents. He was kind enough to correct me.
15. I did master the most important phrase in spanish if you have small children -
1. DSL in Peru is a rip-off.
2. However, if you don't mind downloading the episodes overnight, Lost is fun to watch in hi-def on a wide-screen laptop.
3. I have a great new weight-loss plan. Go to Peru for a month, get sick three times, lose 10 pounds.
4. Children who don't speak the same language can still have a rip-roaring time together.
5. My haircut the other day cost $3.50. I should have gotten two.
6. The Chechuan people (native, mostly mountain-dwelling folks) will eat pizza until they are sick.
7. Cuy (Guinea Pig) tastes okay fried, until you see them in their little cages.
8. NEVER drink Long Island Ice Tea at high altitudes.
9. But the Pisco Sour is a nice mixed drink.
10. Cipro is the El Capitan of antibiotics.
11. Ticos rule. I want one for a commuter car.
12. Not all children's play areas in restaurants comply with US safety standards.
13. It will take me 460 years to become fluent in spanish.
14. Case in point. I suggested to a taxi driver that I pay him "Dos cientos soles" (200 soles, or about $70) instead of "Dos cincuenta soles" or about 90 cents. He was kind enough to correct me.
15. I did master the most important phrase in spanish if you have small children -
posted by Mike Bishop at 11:15 PM
2 Comments:
HA! good stuff.
love the hair cut and fried pet on a stick
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