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The touristic circuit in Peru – Part 1 (Cuzco and Machu Picchu)

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When tourists go to Peru, they usually arrive through Lima and depending on how much time they planned to spend in the country it is common to do the route Lima – Cuzco – Machu Picchu – Puno – Arequipa – Nazca – Ica – Paracas – Lima. The order could be inverted or omit some of these places. This is a huge route,  that´s why I will spend 2 or 3 posts talking about this. It is not very common that people who are not backpacking in South America will go to the north of Peru or even the jungle, but in future posts I also have the intention to explore and show how Peru is not only Machu Pichu, Inkas and Ceviche. Plaza de armas de Cuzco - Main Square Arriving in Lima, f oreigners that come for tourism will either stay in Lima for a few days as they arrive or they will stay at the end of their trip. Either is fine, however if some friend ask me a suggestion, it would be: organize yourself to stay a weekend in Cuzco and one weekend in Lima, especially if you like to explore
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Peruvian food 1 - General

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One of the things Peruvians pride the most about is their food. Do you want to engage into a long and nice conversation with them? Start on the food topic . Different areas of Peru(Jungle, Coast or Mountains) will have diferente types of typical food. In this post, I want to show you some general food. Somethings you will be able to find in most of the country. 1.       1. Ceviche – the national dish The first Ceviche I ate in Peru. Fish with sea food. Ceviche is a mouth watering way of preparing diferente types of fish. The base of it is fish, very accid limes and spice(ají limo). It is usually accompanied by sweet potato, corn and onions. The fish is cooked only in super accid juice of their “limón criollo”. It has a raw-ish kinda of texture, When I think of ceviche the first thing that comes to my mind is someone during summer time saying: "This heat is asking for a fresh ceviche and a cold beer". And the funny thing is that just a few days ago I hear
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Stereotypes about Peru

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When someone talks about Peru, if you have any idea  about this country, I could bet that, at least one of these 3 things will come to your mind: 1.Inkas 2. Machu Picchu 3. Ceviche Peruvians are extremely proud of these 3 things, however they are very proud of so many different things and they will be so glad if you like some others! I will have posts dedicated to each one of those things but I would like to give you a taste of what other things will define Peru that are related to these 3 topics. 1. Inkas - Differently from what most people think Inka wasn´t how every person that lived in Machu Picchu was called. The Inkas were the governors of the Quechua people, but many people still call them the Inka people. What foreigners usually don´t know is that the "Inkas" were a civilization hugely well developed for that moment in time but they were also conquerors.  So they basically took over some other civilizations that lived in the area, that at their moments took
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Back?

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I know I promised to be back writing about living in Peru.  Now that I left Peru and that I am going into a new adventure. I decided to really commit back to post in here. So as I post this I already wrote other 5 posts that I will programme to be published one per week. Of course the first will be already tomorrow. I will be talking about Peru and lots of things, I will dedicate the months of January and February to write a lot about Peru, where I lived for 4 years in total. This march I will start a new journey and from there I intend to finish writing about Peru and starting the new topics. I am going to update lots of things in this blog, so it is possible for us to Interact better. Hope to “hear from you” and if you want to “hear from me” just come around every week and check the new posts. Peace out!
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The question everybody make: How and Why Peru?

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A question that always comes up whenever I meet someone new in Peru is: Why did you decide to come to Peru, especially Trujillo? How did you do it? First of all, we have to consider my professional trajectory and remember that it is not very easy to find a job at an international school if you are not a native speaker of the English Language(America, British, Australian, Canadian, etc).  But as my dream was to get to know the world in a different way I started looking for Jobs all around the world. I would go into the Cambridge website and look in the tab Find a Cambridge School  and I would look for schools that were needing Maths teacher with Experience in the IGCSE(mainly but not exclusively).  In this quest I received contact from 2 schools, one in Trujillo(Peru) and Cochabamba(Bolívia) and, for different reasons, among them the possibility of acquiring experience in the International Baccalaureate , I ended up deciding to come to Trujillo and here I am for almost
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The previous name of the Blog was ´Eu ando pelo mundo` which means I walk throughout the world which is the portuguese translation fora part of the song  Esquadros from the Brazilian Singer Adriana Calcanhoto . And the name of the blog adress continues the song: Eu ando pelo mundo prestando atenção em cores - which means I walk throughout the world paying attention in colours. I completely adore this song and it was more or less how I felt first time I went abroad(to live). You can listen to it here? However, as I decided to change a little bit the language, focus and the direction of the blog I thought I should probably also think about changing the tittle of it, even though the link I won´t be able to do it. So I decided to take a look in the Travel Songs Playlist I have created before I came to Peru. (Writing as an idea for a post to organize this playlist here), This playlist has songs in Portuguese, English and Spanish.  And one of the songs I like a lot, it is not
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What countries do you know? (a way of living and learning)

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Sometimes I hear this question from people and my answer is never saying the name of the countries I have visited. I always have to start explaining what ´knowing a country` means to me. I don´t feel comfortable saying that I know some country I have visited for a week, a couple of days or even some few hours. For me knowing a country means you understand different things such as: ·          The weather and geography of it; ·          You have at least an idea of the type of music they like to listen to and dance; ·          Tried many different types of typical food; ·          Learn about different habits; ·          You have learned how to cook at least a few of their typical food; ·          Awareness of how their religious and/or spiritual beliefs work; ·          Learn some of their history; ·          General idea, at least, from the political/economical situation in which the country lives; ·          You have visited some of their touristic and natural places;
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