Category Archives: Peru

The difference between Peru and Bolivia, illustrated in random messages

Posted on 2017-01-13 by Andreas Moser

Whenever I move to a new country, I receive e-mails from people whom I don’t know, welcoming me to their country, offering help and giving advice. That’s nice. As I am about to move back from Peru to Bolivia, I realized … Continue reading →

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Every hotel should have this

Posted on 2017-01-07 by Andreas Moser

When I checked into Mundo Albuerge Hostel (not recommended because too noisy) in Lima (ditto), Peru (ditto), they asked me if I wanted a room with cat or without cat. Hoping that “gatito” didn’t have any naughty meaning that I wasn’t aware … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts (6)

Posted on 2016-12-24 by Andreas Moser

If you read the comments below this article, you get a taste of what’s wrong with Peru. I have never encountered a country that is so bad at dealing with criticism. After my article on Bolivia and the sea, many people … Continue reading →

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Bolivia misses the Sea

Posted on 2016-12-15 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. In every country in South America, there is one specific topic with which you can interrupt the logorrhea of even the most verbose person. In Brazil, mentioning the numbers 7-1 is enough to make people … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts (5)

Posted on 2016-12-13 by Andreas Moser

When Donald Trump praises his pick for Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis, as “the closest thing to General George Patton we have”, does he refer to the mistreatment of soldiers or to Patton’s antisemitism? After my story about the Peruvian girl, … Continue reading →

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The little Literature Lover

Posted on 2016-11-28 by Andreas Moser

The museum in Narihualac was closed. All I could do was walk through the dusty streets of the small village, watch one of the many religious processions which take place in Peru every day, and visit some bars to soak … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts (1)

Posted on 2016-10-17 by Andreas Moser

Every day, my head, my notebooks and pieces of paper all over my apartment rapidly fill up with ideas about articles, comments on current affairs and links to other interesting stuff which I want to turn into stories. Some time. But … Continue reading →

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Kon-Tiki

Posted on 2016-09-26 by Andreas Moser

Preparing my trip to Easter Island, memories of Kon-Tiki leaped into my mind, one of the first travel/adventure books I read. Thor Heyerdahl and his crew did not sail to Easter Island in 1947, but further north, yet the underlying question if the islands … Continue reading →

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What do we eat in Peru?

Posted on 2016-09-25 by Andreas Moser

Guinea pigs and cats. Seriously. The first time I walked past a restaurant in Peru that advertised guinea pig, I disregarded it as one of those funny translation mistakes that sometimes sneak into menus like additives. But no, dear children, … Continue reading →

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“Do not Overtake!”

Posted on 2016-08-29 by Andreas Moser

„Why does nobody ever listen to me?” the do-not-overtake sign on the road from Puno to Arequipa wonders yet again.

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