Country: Peru

At the request of the Peruvian government and tourism board, I have toned-down my musings on Peru.

Piura, Ayabaca and the Coast

Grandpa Pedro walks along the sidewalk with his head down while a woman peers out the door of a dingy restaurant. They both ponder their meaningless existences in this dust bowl hellhole of a town. As for me, I'm in the bus listening to N'Sync and smiling at 110% as usual. I have never felt sad or lonely in my life.

Piura, Ayabaca and the Coast – 2014 This one was sort of my bad. Andrew and I were in Cusco and trying to decide where to go next. I wanted to see a coffee farm while we were in Peru so I did a very minimal bit of research and determined there were coffee farms in Piura. Very simple. Next, we flew from Cusco to Piura. This is where it gets tricky…. So, sometimes you have a place that is a province. The province is a larger geographic area composed of cities and other designations…and sometimes a city shares the same name as its parent province. There are coffee farms in the province of Piura but…umm…there are no coffee farms anywhere near the city of Piura. The distance we would have to travel to see one was significant. It didn’t…

Time Travel in Cusco

Polite cow with cute horns chews grass with its mouth closed. He teaches a manners class part-time on the weekends to 90% of the world's population but he gets frustrated because no one ever pays attention.

Cusco and Andahuaylillias, Peru – 2014 I mentioned after the Lima gallery that things would get better. I don’t want those ancient Inca gods after my ass, so here are two of my favorite spots from my trip through Peru.…

Lima – Palindrome Nightmare

Man with classic indigenously-inspired Peruvian nose pretends to look sideways at something so I can take a picture of his profile.

Lima, Peru – 2014 I promise it seemed like a great idea to go to Lima or I wouldn’t have done it. I did a lot of research, didn’t move too quickly; it didn’t involve a girl. I researched climate,…