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In September 2004 I flew from London Heathrow to Sao Paolo in Brazil. After a short stopover he flew to Lima, Peru to travel around this wonderful country for a second time... Click on the Peru photos to enlarge them. |
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What
a welcome! Just after passport control at Lima International Airport, there were a host of dancers and waiters bearing trays of pisco sour,
inca cola (the local fizzy drink, sadly recently bought by coca cola) and
other drinks. The scissor dancers (mpeg
file) were amazing. Look out for them as you're travelling around Peru.
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My
first stop was Piura. Here I was looked after by Julio Vallardes of Piura
University and his wife Patty. A very friendly couple with excellent English who treated me like an old friend.
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Lush
vegetation in the grounds of the University, not bad considering it hadn't
rained for two years. In 1992 Piura was very badly hit by El Niño
and 90% of its crops (cotton, maize and rice) were washed away.
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The
village of Catacaos, about 12km from Piura, nice little place with some
pre-inca ruins. Note the converted motorbike taxi in the foreground, a cheap,
but not particularly safe, mode of transport.
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| Want to know how my Peruvian adventure continued? Click here for part 2 | ||||
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