tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:00:03 +0000USA TodaymarathonPeruvian WomenurubambaAppartmentsWongTruthCuscoAirportCaimanweddingMadridCokeSexy WomanSukokuQuenqoClub SandwichGlobal WarmingWineBeerDirectvtrainAguas CalientesShakiraMachu PicchuIntipunkutravelElevator ThoughtsPeruvian TVTerminatorM and MOllantaytamboCristian BalevideoSacsayhuamanNovalimaLiving in PeruMarriottacos5f08 5e02 errorPisco Sour12 Point StoneTarapotoSacred ValleyProstitutesStreetsfacebookSan IsidroScrabbleDrinkingRoot BeerCosta VerdeDeutchRailGoodbye PartysoccerPizza StreetVia ExpressaKenneth HermseMoney ExchangeCafe-CafeOctopusGreen Bay PackersGuacamoleJesus ChristArchiveOvalo de GutierrezJungleenvironmentalistsArticle titlesImmigrationBlue ManSan CristobalSalvador DaliInti RaymiTequenosParaglidingCar Alarmswho has the biggest brain?Cosmic BowlingDrunkennessgreenpeaceKidnappedLearn Spanish OnlineChewbaccaTiger WoodsPolar BearBuffalo WingsHotels in CuscoChocolate Covered AlmondsFace in Machu PichurainforestParadeSatyrsPeruAlan GarciaSuicide BridgeQuesadillascrocodile headWayna PicchuTravel PeruSwine FluMonthly RecapCure for BaldnessParque KennedyAsiaInca TrailTransformersLambeau FieldKlaus KinskiH2Stylus 710AvatarPirated DVDsCoffeeMovie RoomSongsBembo'sGeneralMcDonald'sLimaDoubtIndiana JonesTeaching in PeruHamburgersWisconsinExpatriates in PeruTexas LonghornsCentral HighwayPisango Bagua HumalaSpanishLima TrafficOwenBoondock SaintsshoesCombiOld ManHootersoystersFlamencoLemonsAH1N1PiscoPlaces of InterestSmoking BabySlothPitucosStatuesLord ByronIquitosNFL in LimaBarrancoWhere the Wild Things AreOlympusDisneyworldRex ChattermanMickey MouserunningRestaurantsPolvos AzulesfoodGunsJerryHuarazRexInglorious BasterdsMovie ReviewsChupacabraHaitiHornimans TeaAdidasSportsHikingOxapampafeetBaguaAn American living in Peru shares his feelings on Peru and the rest of the world.http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)Blogger1212125StreetsOfLimahttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-3168637159478800022Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:05:00 +00002012-01-27T01:05:00.226-08:00 I've been pretty haphazard in my presentation of all my Inca trail articles, so I figured I better get my act together and organize them in a way that's a little bit more useful for those of you who are thinking of making this extraordinary journey. Doing the Inca trail is a pretty enormous undertaking, and the more information you have at your fingertips the better.  The number one way to http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/hiking-inca-trail-everything-you-need.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)4 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kXAJ1yt50AK1GVtrJTHCRcfPOf0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kXAJ1yt50AK1GVtrJTHCRcfPOf0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kXAJ1yt50AK1GVtrJTHCRcfPOf0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kXAJ1yt50AK1GVtrJTHCRcfPOf0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-646300481822322442Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:22:00 +00002012-01-26T01:22:00.297-08:00 A friend of mine posted this image on Facebook and I just had to steal it. Aren't these things awesome?  Obviously they eat these things like they're M&M's in the jungle.  Imagine sitting down to a movie with a five gallon bucket filled with squirming grubs like this? Yummmmmm!!!! I'm curious if any of my readers have eaten these things?  I've read some comments here and there where people say http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/edible-delicious-jungle-grubs-of-peru.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)14 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RK8CJ0nRxtOoRCciep33BA-xaLI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RK8CJ0nRxtOoRCciep33BA-xaLI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RK8CJ0nRxtOoRCciep33BA-xaLI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RK8CJ0nRxtOoRCciep33BA-xaLI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-1594377738017006631Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:39:00 +00002012-01-25T09:22:07.377-08:00 Here's a building that only has two apartments left for sale in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru.  For the last few years builders have been throwing up apartment buildings in Lima like crazy and people have been buying them up at just a frantic a pace. Why? Well, the fact seems to be that a lot of expats are truly getting fed up with places like the US, that claim to be paradise on Earth, http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/fleeing-united-states-for-peru.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)12 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1Z_GBOXOvzoA6VMJ7sMrm0lFAh8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1Z_GBOXOvzoA6VMJ7sMrm0lFAh8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1Z_GBOXOvzoA6VMJ7sMrm0lFAh8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1Z_GBOXOvzoA6VMJ7sMrm0lFAh8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-1369019644498631745Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:25:00 +00002012-01-24T14:10:10.754-08:00Peru is famous for its Nazca lines and if you're interested in all inclusive holidays to exotic places, I think the Nazca lines is as good a travel destination as anywhere. However, if you head down to Southern Peru to check them out, you might find they're not quite what the last Indiana Jones movie might have led you to believe. Bearing that in mind, perhaps you might want to get the Nasca http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/fake-nazca-lines-in-miraflores-parks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2Q4Kq3QRPGaunV8aEaqm7qYDv98/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2Q4Kq3QRPGaunV8aEaqm7qYDv98/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2Q4Kq3QRPGaunV8aEaqm7qYDv98/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2Q4Kq3QRPGaunV8aEaqm7qYDv98/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-752925963854176866Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:29:00 +00002012-01-24T01:29:00.029-08:00 I met my wife when we were both working as teacher at a school that was filled with ridiculous, unnecessary intrigue and arrogant imbeciles in a position of authority over me (and a bunch of awesome people too, you know who you are).  At the time, I thought there was something wrong with the place, but I've since found out that it was pretty much the same as EVERY educational institution, and http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/first-draft-of-my-letter-of-resignation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pea2QIJ3tu_9o6oHFpxnMC86f24/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pea2QIJ3tu_9o6oHFpxnMC86f24/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pea2QIJ3tu_9o6oHFpxnMC86f24/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pea2QIJ3tu_9o6oHFpxnMC86f24/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-6676376371314519707Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:02:00 +00002012-01-23T01:02:00.751-08:00 A friend of mine sent me some pictures of himself doing some sandboarding in Huacachina, Peru. I've never tried this, but I've heard from a lot of people that this is a total blast.  I have a hard time believing that this can be as fun as snowboarding...but I haven't done that either so I guess I have nothing to compare it to (when they have sand cross-country skiing...THEN I'll be interested).http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/sandboarding-in-huacachina-peru-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)3 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OJ_7ytimXtKzUkzl2p1libTnm8s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OJ_7ytimXtKzUkzl2p1libTnm8s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OJ_7ytimXtKzUkzl2p1libTnm8s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OJ_7ytimXtKzUkzl2p1libTnm8s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-6240012083543724580Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:46:00 +00002012-01-22T01:46:00.476-08:00 For the record, the above picture is that of a couple of crypts (is crypt the best word for that?) that I took from the vistadome train as it sped through the Sacred valley.  I only include this photo as a cathartic metaphor for the imminent destiny of all the completely incompetent idiots who, by chance or fate, have found themselves in a position to evaluate me at one point or another in my http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/getting-evaluated-by-idiots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)2 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WyPzc0JldQreR1uq3wTQ8VfwU1E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WyPzc0JldQreR1uq3wTQ8VfwU1E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WyPzc0JldQreR1uq3wTQ8VfwU1E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WyPzc0JldQreR1uq3wTQ8VfwU1E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-8524724250375321357Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:43:00 +00002012-01-21T01:43:00.387-08:00 The jungle villages of Peru are a welcome change from the hustle and bustle of Lima.  Beside the fact that the climate is usually awesome in the jungle (if you think torrential rain is "awesome"...I'm kidding, there's not always torrential rain, then again you don't get any rain in Lima so it's a welcome change when it does happen), it's just quieter somehow. When I went to Iquitos and did one http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/streets-of-pucallpa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)4 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h7VnHBPQtSeqWrGulbReBIQYKDE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h7VnHBPQtSeqWrGulbReBIQYKDE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h7VnHBPQtSeqWrGulbReBIQYKDE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h7VnHBPQtSeqWrGulbReBIQYKDE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-5751291944843588123Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:11:00 +00002012-01-20T01:11:00.643-08:00 Disembarking from your cheap flights to Cusco, you're likely to be thinking more about Machu Picchu and your headache than the beauty that surrounds you at the capital city of the Incas.  But make no mistake, Cusco is a pretty cool town. I know that there are plenty of expats who have come to reside in Peru that grow weary of Cusco for the exact reason that it's such a popular tourist http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/cusco-in-morning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)2 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bJ5cUFiPrlLtYY7cRFoWFLvShuA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bJ5cUFiPrlLtYY7cRFoWFLvShuA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bJ5cUFiPrlLtYY7cRFoWFLvShuA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bJ5cUFiPrlLtYY7cRFoWFLvShuA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-5373084821427676211Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:51:00 +00002012-01-19T01:51:00.417-08:00 Everybody's always worried about Lima as if it's some hot bed for terror and organized crime. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I feel secure in Lima, much safer than I do in cities like New York or Chicago.  In Lima, like in all big cities, you have to keep your eyes open.  But if you take reasonable precautions nothing all that bad is going to happen to you. Still, all that being http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/getting-beat-up-in-lima-peru.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)2 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fv0RBxoBWlhNje-5Yn2q2GK208A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fv0RBxoBWlhNje-5Yn2q2GK208A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fv0RBxoBWlhNje-5Yn2q2GK208A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fv0RBxoBWlhNje-5Yn2q2GK208A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-549711508697182324Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:37:00 +00002012-01-18T01:37:00.271-08:00 When I'd been living in Peru for about 5 or 6 years, I got a job at a high school.  There were about four or five other American citizens who were also working at this school and they took an instant disliking to me.  This stemmed from the fact that their impression was that I was a typical "ugly American" and that I didn't have respect for the local customs and was fairly aggressive with my http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/living-in-peru-makes-it-hard-to-relate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)4 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XcYU8cEE4oCO6XVWkFXMQdaAz0g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XcYU8cEE4oCO6XVWkFXMQdaAz0g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XcYU8cEE4oCO6XVWkFXMQdaAz0g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XcYU8cEE4oCO6XVWkFXMQdaAz0g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-1895795588813784786Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:24:00 +00002012-01-17T01:24:00.365-08:00 I tell you what, the main hazard of having a web page is having to suffer the ignorant comments of random web people. Dean has it right when he is critical of these people for not revealing their identity. You have no idea if the people who are writing to you are 10 years old, rich and living in a fantasy world, or simply delusional. The latest person to get under my skin was writing in http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/commenter-defends-terrorist-and-accuses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)7 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/07GH8uSngya_z9x9HpawJCN2o8A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/07GH8uSngya_z9x9HpawJCN2o8A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/07GH8uSngya_z9x9HpawJCN2o8A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/07GH8uSngya_z9x9HpawJCN2o8A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-8942445524070473946Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:19:00 +00002012-01-16T01:19:00.114-08:00 I just got word that congress is considering some bullshit new anti-piracy bill that's being presented in this super "holier than thou" light, but which will probably only end up justifying the government shut down of a bunch of cool internet sites. But honestly, none of the ethical questions of internet piracy even bother me right now.  What pisses me off is that the government is even wasting http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/screw-new-anti-piracy-bill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)6 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BAT1Now58DoSt_p6babaxJVq9Wk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BAT1Now58DoSt_p6babaxJVq9Wk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BAT1Now58DoSt_p6babaxJVq9Wk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BAT1Now58DoSt_p6babaxJVq9Wk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-2556696277978751569Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:11:00 +00002012-01-15T01:11:00.245-08:00 I just frickin' love breakfast. The best thing about traveling is finding some cheap place where you can have breakfast every day.  But that's the thing about breakfast, it's always cheap!  I'm not questioning it, but the universal law seems to be that breakfast will ALWAYS be only one tenth of the cost of any other meal.  Only during breakfast can you get four eggs, toast, free coffee AND havehttp://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/breakfast-in-cusco.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)7 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/stV9pvX1OcMmVP9T6deUAFOEPoE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/stV9pvX1OcMmVP9T6deUAFOEPoE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/stV9pvX1OcMmVP9T6deUAFOEPoE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/stV9pvX1OcMmVP9T6deUAFOEPoE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-8251292228051255451Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:14:00 +00002012-01-14T01:14:00.367-08:00 I've often thought that it might be profitable to start up a bunch of fake accounts on various dating sites where I present myself as a woman in order to obtain "monetary gifts" from unsuspecting, desperate/stupid guys.  Honestly, you don't have to sit in any bar all that long before you end up meeting some idiot who has a sob story about how he sent a bunch of money to a woman he met on the http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/american-men-susceptible-to-peruvian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)3 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/84Fp5FPAdvpL7aDUbFuKAYRP7Sw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/84Fp5FPAdvpL7aDUbFuKAYRP7Sw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/84Fp5FPAdvpL7aDUbFuKAYRP7Sw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/84Fp5FPAdvpL7aDUbFuKAYRP7Sw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-3166484661667603202Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:38:00 +00002012-01-13T01:38:00.839-08:00 Peru's number 1 portal for Expatriates has just exceeded 1000 members. Expatriates in Peru is a Facebook group that welcomes all comers who wish to discuss Peru.  They've overcome a lot throughout the years, including a forced name change (personally, I don't think they should have changed their name...but the people of Expatriates in Peru are more diplomatic than I am). Expatriates in Peru http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/expatriates-in-peru-exceeds-1000.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bv_QdLAmoGpgHtNx69RE78W8LMA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bv_QdLAmoGpgHtNx69RE78W8LMA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bv_QdLAmoGpgHtNx69RE78W8LMA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bv_QdLAmoGpgHtNx69RE78W8LMA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-94082727023933989Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:41:00 +00002012-01-12T08:51:30.094-08:00 Here's an image of one of the daily religious parades you stumble across if you spend any amount of time in Cusco.  Quite a spectacle huh?  Lots of people getting organized and spending a lot of money. But really, when you look at this, don't you think all that time and effort could be better spent? I mean, I understand the fact that a lot of people are hopeless and suffering and they are in a http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/have-faith-in-science.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)6 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bc-ca7AqSLuM5JKw4UrJM2xJCCU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bc-ca7AqSLuM5JKw4UrJM2xJCCU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bc-ca7AqSLuM5JKw4UrJM2xJCCU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bc-ca7AqSLuM5JKw4UrJM2xJCCU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-1228217108181867471Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:11:00 +00002012-01-11T01:11:00.898-08:00 This is going to be a fun post for those of you who like to get into angry debates with unreasonable people.  I've had kind of a love/hate relationship with comments since the days when I worked with "Living in Peru."  Over the last four or five months, "Streets of Lima" has started to attract a pretty good bunch of loyal readers who actually make reasonable points, but web sites have a way of http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2011/01/seven-most-commented-posts-on-streets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)12 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6lqOEpB4bcV6ouIGtcOCGc0JFlM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6lqOEpB4bcV6ouIGtcOCGc0JFlM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6lqOEpB4bcV6ouIGtcOCGc0JFlM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6lqOEpB4bcV6ouIGtcOCGc0JFlM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-186612869809649498Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:14:00 +00002012-01-10T01:14:01.743-08:00Wayna Picchu I was digging through my hard drive, looking for some different photos from the good old days, and I came across this one from back in 2005 or so.  All kinds of things were going wrong honestly, my crappy little one megapixel camera had gotten some condensation on the lens, so I was getting these trippy images, and it was really raining and foggy up at the top of Wayna Picchu, so much so that ithttp://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/on-top-of-wayna-picchu-in-fog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)3 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/myOvP-0ZBcuGspoUbKOpHUWcELQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/myOvP-0ZBcuGspoUbKOpHUWcELQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/myOvP-0ZBcuGspoUbKOpHUWcELQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/myOvP-0ZBcuGspoUbKOpHUWcELQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-7297569817036018071Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:39:00 +00002012-01-09T01:39:00.379-08:00 Here's the lunch menu at Solari which is the Norky's that is right next to the Ovalo de Miraflores.  For the most part, Norky's is pretty ho-hum and the food is maybe just a fraction below Pardo's Chicken.  However, the Norky's that suffers an identity crisis and which is also known as Solari's is a touch better.  My wife told me that Solari is the name of the owner of Norky's, so I guess he http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/9-steak-lunch-in-lima-peru.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)2 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vanKs4vMO-pM1fPENTmQO-pvFIw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vanKs4vMO-pM1fPENTmQO-pvFIw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vanKs4vMO-pM1fPENTmQO-pvFIw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vanKs4vMO-pM1fPENTmQO-pvFIw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-8664843568684468973Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:32:00 +00002012-01-08T01:32:00.521-08:00 There...doesn't that look nice? And the best thing about this image is that you're probably out of cell phone range!  Gosh, it's getting to be a battle just to get someplace where no idiots can hassle you for five minutes. It seems like once a year or so, I make a concerted effort to get away from the internet for a solid week, which is ridiculous when you think about it.  Why is it so hard to http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/boating-amazon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)6 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mhMv1L8zLS5f6TcY7nEhwVjD-3M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mhMv1L8zLS5f6TcY7nEhwVjD-3M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mhMv1L8zLS5f6TcY7nEhwVjD-3M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mhMv1L8zLS5f6TcY7nEhwVjD-3M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-4738151511084387351Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:22:00 +00002012-01-07T01:22:00.113-08:00 I was digging through some old photos and I came across this one of me writing in   my tiny old room back in about, I don't know, 2004 or 2005.  As you can see, I used to hook my old crusty keyboard up to my computer back then, but I've since given up on that nonsense and just use my laptop's keyboard.  The reason I used to hook up the external keyboard is because the little laptop keyboard http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/writing-in-lima-peru.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T5HthXySw6OR0KmpvpEb0v21Cek/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T5HthXySw6OR0KmpvpEb0v21Cek/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T5HthXySw6OR0KmpvpEb0v21Cek/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T5HthXySw6OR0KmpvpEb0v21Cek/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-3466882719983090212Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:04:00 +00002012-01-06T09:09:22.726-08:00 Here's a review of one of my fellow Rhemalda authors' novels.  It's the first book I read on my Kindle. Old School Fantasy I just finished reading “Legends Reborn (The Light of Epertase Book One)” on my new Kindle and my three word response to this book is simple: Old School Fantasy. Douglas Brown gives us a straight action story with clear-cut villains and noble heroes. It's a little bit “http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/book-review-legends-reborn-light-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9DqhflS2HyzkjDd_tYsjuDiWvUI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9DqhflS2HyzkjDd_tYsjuDiWvUI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9DqhflS2HyzkjDd_tYsjuDiWvUI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9DqhflS2HyzkjDd_tYsjuDiWvUI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-2709956144411044750Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:43:00 +00002012-01-06T01:43:00.359-08:00 This was coming out of the ruins of Ollantaytambo on my Inca Trail hike over the summer when I saw this Moto with the Batman logo on the back.  This kind of cracked me up, as if Batman would scoot around on a three wheeled motorcycle giving tourists a list for S/. 1 each in the ruins of the sacred valley. Actually, the thing is, this machine is probably the pride and joy of the guy who operates http://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/batman-moto-in-ollantaytambo-peru.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pkJkYcqBhCOgXcNX-Khk-FsLoQA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pkJkYcqBhCOgXcNX-Khk-FsLoQA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pkJkYcqBhCOgXcNX-Khk-FsLoQA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pkJkYcqBhCOgXcNX-Khk-FsLoQA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724120345866723496.post-1776042564315097981Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:48:00 +00002012-01-05T08:09:04.803-08:00 Ok, I have no way of knowing if this guy was "mad" or not, it's just that I kind of think anybody who rides a bicycle on the streets of Peru is more or less taking their lives into their hands...or rather putting their life in the hands of indifferent drivers. You know, I find that in regular every day behavior, Peruvians are a lot more polite than people from other countries tend to be.  Now, Ihttp://streetsofperu.blogspot.com/2012/01/mad-cyclist-in-sacred-valley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mr. Peru)1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fz-gc19PlO7zduGpJoIoApGWrsY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fz-gc19PlO7zduGpJoIoApGWrsY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fz-gc19PlO7zduGpJoIoApGWrsY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fz-gc19PlO7zduGpJoIoApGWrsY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>