Review and pictures of a shantytown tour in the Villa El Salvador district of Lima, Peru.
Tag: lima
Buying Weed in Comas, Lima
The story of a small adventure I had visiting a friend and burning one up in Comas, one of Lima’s poorest neighborhoods.
Another Glowing Review of the US Embassy in Lima, Peru
How to transfer citizenship to your foreign-born children and a primer on “moral turpitude” in a glowing review of the US embassy in Peru.
Nobody Pays the Last Month’s Rent
The story of my first legal action in Latin America, a claim to recover the security deposit for an apartment in Lima, Peru.
Peruvians’ Irrational Fear of Cold
A look at Peruvians’ strange and quirky fear of the cold, especially cold drinks.
Bullfighting: Art, Culture, Drama, Death
The case for why Spanish-style bullfighting is art, culture, drama, death and all that. Extracts from Ernest Hemingway’s “Death in the Afternoon.”
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