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Last year the building where I was renting in Miraflores received a letter from the Municipality informing us that we had to clean and repaint the facade in time for Independence Day, at our expense of course.

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Actually, the Lancet, the American Medical Association and the National Health Service in the UK have all run broad-based studies analyzing all of the experiments ever performed using homeopathy, and all have determined it to be completely ineffective. Even the director of the National Center for Co...

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Hi sorry ..but because homeopathy is really just "quackery" you wont find any real doctor who subscribes....better to research your illness on google and go to a farmacia...much better educated and honest than doctors here...goodluck well, you are an interesting addition to the board, thi...

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I agree with Americorps. It's best to go with somebody who knows the area, not so much because of safety concerns but simply because it is the largest garment district in the Western Hemisphere. There's plenty of good quality stuff available at very good prices, but the problem is it's all surrounde...

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Dude, they make you signed contracts, most of the time. Don't say that they probably won't make you like it's true. Yes, they do like foreigners, for how they pay on time, but ask for reasonable improvements or you make a reasonable complaint, you will be met with laziness and contempt. I live in a...

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You won't find any online rentals info for anywhere much outside of Lima. Rental properties are advertised in (print) newspapers and via 'alquilo' signs in windows. You should have no problem finding something once you get here; as mentioned before Trujillo has a million people and Chiclayo 700,000,...

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I also avoid Cruz del Sur because of the infomercials. Oltursa, Línea, Ormeño, Civa and Movil Tours are all reliable companies and have comparable comfort options.

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It's not that local people don't take preventive medications because it's possible to avoid malaria; local people don't take preventive medications because there are none that are safe or effective to use for more than two years. If you're in a high-malaria area long term, there simply is no other o...

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It's actually causing massive social unrest here (there was a two-day strike in the south a few weeks ago and more planned) because they're exporting it for one-sixth of what it costs on the local market.

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Any online TEFL course is basically worthless, since the most important part is the teaching practice, which you can't do online.

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No i have never been to Peru before and wouldn't expect to do any real touring as obviously ill be as new to town as the tourists.... I did see alot of market type action surrounding the tourists and that did throw me off quite a bit. It is a sad reminder of how western society destroys things thro...

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It's possible, but definitely don't buy or build anything until you've spent a significant amount of time in the area. What locations are you thinking about specifically? You should also consider that, especially outside of the bigger cities, access to many consumer goods and to decent health care w...

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After doing the Choquequirao trek and Machu Picchu, we are wishing to travel from around Abancay to Hauncayo. Is there an easier way (than by bus) to get from Cuzco, Abancay or Ayacucho over to Huancayo? We would love to fly from that area over to Huancayo. Is this possible? This would be around Ju...

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You can get white flour tortillas in any grocery store. Corn tortillas don't exist here.

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They've been banning the flights and then overturning the ban on and off for at least a decade. They were banned before the floods in January. I didn't know they were currently running again. It's not as if this could have come as a great surprise to the company anyway; I believe their business mode...

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Gocta? Definitely worth going, along with Kuélap, Karajía, and a few other sites in the area. Getting to the waterfall requires hiking for about five hours round trip, although it's not difficult terrain.

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I don't have any expertise in this area, but to the best of my recollection the data I've seen suggest that infidelity rates over the course of a marriage in the US are about 50-55% for women and slightly lower for men. In Peru the rate for men is very nearly 100%; I've never seen a number given for...

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I've seen newspaper polls and the like about this; in Peru almost 70% of married men admit to having mistresses, at least when they can afford it, and upwards of 80% admit to patronizing prostitutes. That's a clear cultural difference. I suspect female rates of cheating are lower but still much high...

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I understand that coca is one of the base ingredients for making cocaine (which is a very complex and synthetic process btw), but if the (Peruvian) government wants to crack down on coca production for cocaine use, then they should consider regulation and not eradication...It's like trying to chase...

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Hey, Besides Allianz Frances and the expensive language schools, does anyone have any suggestions for learning French? Does anyone know any native French speakers that live in Lima? Thanks for the help! I've been taking classes at Alliance Française for the past five months and I've been quite happ...

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Printing is expensive and copying is cheap. In university classes the students will pool their money to have one manuscript printed out and then each pay for their own copy, but if only you want to print the book that's not an option. I'm sure in this city of 100,000 locutorios someone's rigged thei...

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The most important qualification is native-level fluency. With just that, you can find a job in Peru. Having a degree makes it easier. Nobody cares much about certifications here (and nobody cares at all about certifications anywhere if it's less than 120 hours). The best universities would prefer t...

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It has already taken place in the car transport debacle. It will happen again in Lima. It is thus saddening that a suspect (not a convicted criminal) needs police protection against the angry mob. This is your third post about the "car transport debacle". Nothing happened to him! Nobody e...

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The presumption of innocence means that he can't be legally convicted or punished until a fair trial has proved his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. It most certainly does not mean that interested bystanders are obligated to reach the conclusion that he is innocent, despite the preponderance of the ...

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Can't speak for others but in my experience your chances of being unfairly accused of murder go down significantly if you take care to not leave any stray dead bodies behind in your hotel rooms. Just something to consider if you do plan on vacationing in Peru.

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I find it odd that Joran would know how to use the Tacna/Arica border to leave the country...It certainly makes one go "hmmm?" Yeah, that bit definitely is complicated. I know when I went down there I stood dumbfounded for several days, looking at Chile over there, and Peru over here, bef...

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Like I say to my wife, I will stick to the coast . THere are enough photos of machu picchu and titicaca that I would not risk it. I had a stop over en the airport on xams iun Quito Ecuador, and found myself short of breathe just walking, after that experience , I move machu picchu to the bottom of ...

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Not sure why so many people feel compelled to rise to his defense here -- he was caught on tape bragging about how he and his friends dumped the last girl's body at sea five years ago and now there's another body in his hotel room and he's fled the country. Sure he's innocent until proven guilty but...

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I think you can find it with no problem but you should still bring a bunch because it's more expensive here.

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There is at least one good Mexican and one decent Tex-Mex place in Lima, although the former (Como Agua Para Chocolate) is very expensive. There's at least one very good Thai restaurant as well, also quite expensive. For decades it was the world's largest city without an Indian restaurant, but now t...

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This past year my trip to Bolivia was rained out. I don't have much sympathy for myself as the countries suffered from the rain and the trip was trivial in comparison. This year, I want to try again. If you have any tips, the plan is to drive from Lima. Is this a bad idea? As in take your own car? ...

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All banks mark their notes in invisible ink so they can tell if it came from their ATMs. In theory, you just have to walk into any ScotiaBank, show them the note (just walk up to the counter, you don't even have to wait in line), they'll verify it's theirs and they'll immediately give you new bills ...

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It's cebada, it's made out of barley. Tastes kind of like Tootsie Roll juice. Up north they'll give it to you at every meal, instead of chicha morada.

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I haven't heard Ripley was planning on moving; they just opened a few months ago and they invested millions of dollars preparing the building. My friends went just to experience the great thrill of riding the escalator.

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If you're working in San Borja, I would prefer to live there over Miraflores. There are some very nice residential neighborhoods there, although there's more to do in Miraflores.

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There are two modern shopping centers; one has a Tottus and Sodimac and the other has a Plaza Vea and a Saga. In the food court of the second there's Bembo's, KFC, Pizza Hut and Starbucks. Chiclayo hasn't yet discovered the joys of Mcdonald's. They recently opened a Ripley on the Plaza, but it's abo...

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I would like to know what % of these people that renounce U.S. Citizenship have university degrees. I know that you can lose U.S. Citizenship by default if you serve in a foreign military or if you are a diplomat (i.e. President) of another country. I suppose, however, since both Elian Karp and Ala...

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Only Lan serves Piura. You can get cheap flights to Chiclayo on StarPeru and then take the bus (about 4 hours) if you want to avoid Lan.

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Hola, We are have a trip planned that will take us to Cajamarca, then Chachapoyas and then Tarapoto and have a few questions. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. First, we need to hire a car and driver to go from Cajamarca to Chachapoyas. We want to stop at Kuelap along the way, so a car ...

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I agree with the above, if you boycott every company where you have a bad experience, after a few weeks you'll be sitting in your closet in the dark afraid to go outside. I once got a counterfeit bill from a BCP atm, I just went straight to the counter, skipping the line, and they changed my money w...

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I'm just waiting for euroman to post about how the best solution is to give up your iPhone and live a simpler life by opening a laundromat in the jungle.

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Sorry but that's just not true, as numerous cases have demonstrated--there are reasons to leave Cuba or any country that are not economic. And in any case, Cubans traveling overseas are typically sponsored by someone or some organization or by their own government. Asylum seekers are not illegal im...

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There are comments on this very website from adventurers who have done it. Google it, it has been done by adventure tourists (and foolhardy ones) Here is a google search that reveals many who have done it. I still do NOT suggest it as I think it is too dangerous, but that does not mean it has not n...

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Ditto the above re: leaving Cuba. You actually have to apply to the Cuban government for a visa to LEAVE the country if you are a resident, even a temporary one. I'd never heard before of someone being kept by Immigrations from *leaving* a country...until I came to Peru and got my CE and now need a...

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There are roads, deep jungle roads, but no commercial bus service. The roads are considered dangerous by many but the most daring of adventurers and it has been traversed by car and motorcycle. Well, by a grand total of about ten people, not counting drug dealers. It's definitely not something you ...

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I agree with the above; Peru will grant virtually all requests unless the person in question is a known criminal or has gotten in trouble with immigration in the past. It can be very difficult for Cubans to get permission from their government to leave the country (and since the average salary is $2...

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Unlocking the iPhone I believe is very much more difficult than unlocking a normal phone (it was a big story just after it first came out when after a week or two people finally figured out how to do it), and Apple has been very emphatic that unlocking your iPhone will automatically void your warran...

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You can't go by bus as there's no road, you have to fly or take a boat. I believe Ormeño is the only company that has direct buses between Peru and Colombia.

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You need to buy your train tickets now, they will likely sell out if you wait until you get there.

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Also i was looking at the enrollment form for another language school based in Cusco recently and it wanted prospective students passport nbrs, this seems a bit dodgy to me, is this common practice here? This is perfectly normal -- any time you stay at a hotel, or take a bus, or use your credit car...

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