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zarjoe

Thanks for the prompt reply!

zarjoe

Help, my daughters' Peruvian Passports expire this week... We are in Monterrico in Lima... I heard there was a passport office in the ovalo gutierrez but I am not sure where exactly.... is there one further east near San Borja/Monterrico?? What documents do we need to bring? How much does it cost? W...

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Great post... I was wondering the same thing a few weeks ago and did some checking. Here in Monterrico (near the intersection of Primavera & Encalada) there is a Krav Maga / mixed martial arts Dojo above the Vivanda. You enter a stairway (marked with a Korean Flag AND Krava Maga emblem) to the r...

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Ok... so I know its hard to find "respuestos" of all sorts here in Peru (the replacement parts seem to never be sold by the people who sold the equipment... in this case a vacuum). I am looking for Vacuum Bags for a Black & Decker 1400w home aspirador (vacuum cleaner). It was bought 3 ...

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Hey all... I bought this "patio shade structure" (Persola) last year at Sodimac for 3000 soles. It worked great for two seasons but this year I installed a permanent "Techito" to give our patio a more finished look. Its 3x3x3 meters, dark brown steel posts with decorative column-...

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I bought one in the USA and brought it here to Lima last October. I have been faithfully filling it and moving it around the yard for nearly 6 months and not a single PICAFLOR! They are everywhere in our yard on the flowering bushes and trees, but they wont seem to stop at our feeder. I have followe...

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I am not sure of all the specifics of your problem, but this sounds like something we have had to deal with in our house since our remodel 3 years ago. We live in a free standing house which we bought and gutted 4 years back. We went so far as to sandblast ALL the walls and buy the best primer and p...

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Hey folks... I saw a get together a few weeks back that we couldn't make regarding Karoake and a live band... and it got me wondering... do any of you have a favorite Karaoke spot that has a catalog of American pop/rock songs and/or a live band that knows American pop/rock songs??? We are going out ...

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Thanks for all your quick responses!!! Hopefully we can get something lined up this weekend....

Joe

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Ok.... this is a bit of a strange question... but I am looking for some specific help... We all have a "shoe guy" or a "car guy" or even a "yard guy" wherever we live.... and there are LOTS of very specific specializations here in Peru.... I am installing some new shade...

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Where exactly do you get your Peruvian passport in the Ovalo Gutierrez?? Can you do renewals there or just new passports? What's the cost and wait time? Thanks in advance for the info... My daughters (4 & 6) need their Peruvian Passports renewed and I am trying to figure out the easiest, cheapes...

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Kelly:

I got a note that you sent me a PM... but there is none in my Inbox... can you email me the addy/info to [email protected]

Thanks a bunch...

Joe

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Count me in!!! I have about a dozen spy novels (Vince Flynn and David Baldacci mostly....) that I have been looking to exchange for others of a similar genre.... I was hoping to hear about a book swap soon or I was going to have to start re-reading them! They are in great shape (new, used once or tw...

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Haha... we have run into this problem every Xmas and Thanksgiving here. So... when I get back to the USA for work travels during any of the fall months... I bring back some boxes of Stove Top Stuffing and cans of cranberry sauce to hoard for the Holidays. Most recently I went to the Midwest in Novem...

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Great stuff, folks... many thanks!

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Hey there all... quick question... I know many of us have an interest in green energy and that the Green Energy Club has existed here for a bit, but I have a question for a more specific application and thought some of you might have an answer. We live in Lima.... and hopefully can find someone clos...

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Wow... it sounds like its going to be quite a fun trip. We have done all those cities previously (but only drove the Lima-Nazca-Lima route). Car rentals here are quite expensive... especially truck/suv rentals. A couple year ago we rented a Toyota Prado from Hertz here for just a long weekend and it...

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UW Gal! Our experiences in getting our new USA passports issued was that it was a LOT easier here than in the States if we were on a tighter timeframe. It seems processing times are shorter here and (as we do not live in a US City with a passport office) we could drop off and pick them up here at th...

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Hello folks! Well its been quite a long time since we were active on this post... I just thought I would check on what you all have learned about greener energies here in Lima. Specifically, I am interested in converting my diesel KIA Sorento into a bio-diesel... has anyone done it or have a source ...

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Kelly: Please shut this post down. Its gone way past its initial intent of the OP in alerting the board and looking for other members potential victimization by the owner of the "twitter" account. Now its just a couple people going back and forth... I'd like to stop reading it, but its lik...

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To "itsallgood": I noticed you are from Canada... we live in Vancouver part of the year and always buy travel/health insurance before we leave Canada from the Royal Bank. For their highest level program "Travel/Health Protector GOLD for Families" we pay $480/year. It extends your...

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Hey folks... I have been doing some asking around and digging on the internet to find new tires for my Kia Sorento here in Lima. Its a 2004 and although we have had it for a few years, it is clearly in need of new tires before we start any summer travel. Back in Vancouver I had a tire guy and could ...

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Is there anything similar out there for Canadian or American shows on free-to-air sattelite channels?

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Aggie: We did this just two weeks ago with our Miniature Pinscher (from Vancouver, through Houston to Lima on Continental). Although there is a LOT of conflicting information out there, all we needed to bring him was his documentation of ownership (our CKC Registration worked), an up-to-date vaccina...

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If you are an expat (i.e. have a non-Peru passport regardless of your residency status here), you can use your http://www.lan.com and your foreign passport/credit card to buy the ticket using a billing address outside Peru. We did this once a couple of years ago to do Lima-Santiago-Buenos Aires-RioD...

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Americorps... yes, this is a fascinating issue and not necessarily a new or unexplored one in certain domains. As my work as an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist has taken me to many countries around the world, I have even seen some companies start to offer their expatriate leaders in foreign c...

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Craig, you are correct... airlines can't stop you from buying a RT and not using the return... but I have never heard of anyone (nor have I myself) using the second leg of a ticket without boarding the first. If this were possible, every person living in an airport hub city in the USA (which are alm...

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Being American and Canadian, I don't have any info on British law about Duals. However, our daughters were born in Vancouver Canada and by birth they are Canadian citizens. We registered their births at the Peruvian Consulate in Vancouver 3-4 months after they were born and with that paperwork, appl...

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No worries..glad you liked it... .sorry about the length... as a consultant its hard to keep my writings concise... I do get paid by the hour after all!

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Having built a house here a couple years ago and having received foreign funds into a Peruvian bank account via wire transfer (I won't mention the amounts, but think buy and renovate house size)... I can tell you that the laws for moving money here are similar to North America. I don't know about th...

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Something I like to do when this topic comes up in dinner or cocktail conversation: Of those of you commenting on the subject... How many are parents? How many are parents living in Peru? How many are parents in mixed families (expat / peruvian)? How many are the expat parents living with the in-law...

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There is a "new" Lomo del Mar in Monterrico on the right (east) side of Primavera just passed Encalada. I agree their ceviche is great, but the platos fuertes are to DIE for! Try the Picante de Langostos... yummy! Although I know a lot of you would cut out your eyes before you use Angamos/...

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We had some friends visit last week.. one was a seasoned Peru travel, the other a first-timer. The seasoned travel has been to Macchu Picchu 4 times in the last 20 years... the most recent before this trip was just 4 years ago. His report was that Aguas Calientes was unrecognizable... but not from d...

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Here in Peru the prescription business is an interesting one... without a Rx you can pretty much count on getting anything you might be able to ask for outside of things that are psychoactive or narcotic... some of your meds seem to straddle the line... Your asmtha inhaler and birth control should b...

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Thank you Alan! BTW ... love the maple leaf and llama on your avatar! We are transplanted British Columbians down here ! For those of you wondering.... I adjusted the amount of salt in the jambalaya recipe down to almost ZERO to account for the extra salt in canned/stewed tomatoes here AND then I us...

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Hey folks.... so we have been back in Peru for just 10 days and we are getting back to some of our family traditions ... one of which is to have the gringo in our house (me) cook the almuerzo on domingo as its the maid's day off. I love to cook and am all for it (I love to show my in-laws that men c...

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And I would love to see a board whose members stay on topic and try to help/support a poster with a legitimate response which attempts to solve their problem, rather than critiquing their search for the problem. As members of this community, our obligation is to share info and support each other, no...

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As a frequent traveller back to North America as well as Europe and the Middle East for work, I can tell you that these days most airlines currently are giving 2 free bags on transcontinental flights (up to 23.5kg or 50lbs) and the 3rd bag onward is quite expensive! We just arrived in Lima from Vanc...

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My only experience with getting a Brazilian visa was for a tourist visa a couple years ago (its valid for 5 years, and I have had it for 3), so this could be dated info and your process might be different since you are going for a conference and it might be a business visa. Also, I was living in Can...

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Our daughters have 3 nationalities (Canadian, USA and Peruvian). They were born in Vancouver, Canada to a Peruvian mom and American Dad! What we did was register their births immediately with the Peruvian and American consulate's in Vancouver as soon as we could. Then with their birth certificates a...

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What the article doesn't mention and us Americans living abroad need to understand and consider is that once you renounce you no longer have the privileges of American citizenship, but still have a tax obligation for the next 10 years (this law is specifically written to prevent Americans from renou...

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Mi suegro and I restore classic mustangs (1964 1/2 to 1969) as a hobby. Each summer we pick a different year and model. We can almost always find average chases for less than $1000 and then a non-working inline-6 289hp original engine (in non-working condition) for another $500 or so. The challenge ...

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We live just north of the Embassy on El Polo... there is a neighboorhood to the left (if you are going south on El Polo) that has a street named "Laredo" and another one on the other side of the park that go parallel quite awhile to Encalada... we usually use those to cut the Encalada/Prim...

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Good to know and CONGRATS on the shipping and tax free situation.... as for the advice on Nissan or Toyota... right on target. I also know a LOT of KIA Sorento's are around with good parts availability and service from local dealerships and mechanics... also they are CHEAP in the USA and their resal...

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And on the subject of document registrations (marriages, divorces, births, etc.) these are more easily handled at the Peruvian Consulate or Embassy in Los Angeles (or other cities) as well because they will generally accept your English documents for marriage certificate, birth certificate, etc... w...

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Many local spas also do spray tanning (20-30 USD) and it last 3-4 weeks... and without all the UV exposure that causes us to look older... we get enough of that with the pollution and daily UV from the bright sun down here! Actual tanning salons with beds I haven't noticed... but I also haven't been...

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On Citizenship Renunciation... neither country prohibits multi-nationals. The USA repealed its laws on dual citizenship in the 90's and Peru doesn't have such a law. My wife has both Peruvian and Canadian passports... my daughters have Peruvian, American and Canadian passports.... no problems at all...

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Every country has duties for its imports based on industry, product and country of origin. It is possible that these don't apply to used vehicles (our imports are mainly electronics and garments), but unless there is a free trade agreement that stands between two countries (and most countries exclud...

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Yes, we have exported textiles from Peru to the USA and canada for my wife's boutique. There is little to nothing to do in Peru with the export process (the Exporter needs to be listed on the packages and invoices as such, along with a business name and registration number of the business from its h...

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Pablo... There is an earlier post on here about importing vehicles to Peru which you might find very interesting. My experience was that vehicles here are cheaper than importing when you consider the shipping, duties, bribes, etc. Also, you will find certain brands have higher duties based on countr...

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