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I've been in Peru in 1999, so the information at this page could be old. I give my own experiences and I'm not a scientist.
General information
Peru is a poor country but it has a rich history. The Inca's have build impressive buildings, but the Inca's where not Peru's first civilization. There have been many other well developt civilizations in Peru before the Inca's. The Spanish who conquered Peru have destroyed a lot and took a lot of gold. (You can see that gold in the churches of Spain...) The Spanish also builded a lot of new buildings and churches. In general you can say Peru is a country with a rich cultural history. Even today not all mysteries of Peru has been solved.
Language
In Peru people speak Spanish and in the better hotels, people also speak English. Some Indians speak their own language.
Looks of the Peruvian
You can see the Peruvians are descendants of the Indians. The Peruvians have another character then the people of the Caribs. In the Caribs people are joyfull, lazy and make a lot of noise. In Peru people are more serious, but they're also very friendly.
Crime and drugs
Peru is a poor country, so in big cities you have to watch your things. Especially in Lima there're areas you better not walk alone. In my group there was a Belgian who had put his wallet at the back of his throuser. After we visited a market, his wallet was stolen. (Oke, it was an easy target for a pick pocket, a wallet in the back of someones throuser) The Belgian went to the police and there a man told him, he maybe could find the wallet for 10 dollar. The police adviced the Belgian to pay that man 10 dollar.... An hour later, the man returned with the wallet of the Belgian. Oke, the money was gone, but he got hiss driver-license etc back.
I myself was walking in a square, when suddenly a person on a mountainbike took my cap. I immediately was shouting and following that man, so the thief decided to throw the cap to me, to get rid of me. So this theft wasn't successfull! (The same day, I forgot to take the cap out of the bus)
In Peru people crow coca. Chewing the coca leaves does help aggainst the sickness of altitude. You can also make tea from this coca leaves. Chewing at coca leaves or drinking tea made from coca leaves is not dangerous. The coca leaves can also be used for the production of the drug cocaïn. It's not forbidden to have coca leaves in Peru for the sickness of altitude, but I supose you can't take this leaves back to your country, because I supose you then are smugling drugs.
Sickness of altitude
In Peru some intresting places are situated very high. For instance the lake of Titicaca is at 5 km height. Because of the height, the air is thin and it cost more effort to breath. So when you have problems with your heart, or have astma, you better don't go to this heigh area's. Maybe chewing the coca leaves does help a little bit against the sickness of altitude, but it also helps when you doesn't do much.
Mosquito's and malaria
In the Rain forest sometimess there's malaria. In Peru they say in the dessert and in Lima there's no malaria. The guide in the rain forest told me, usualy there's no malaria for years, but then suddenly there's a short epidemic. At the medical information centre in Holland (the GGD) they have a map of South-America which in total is black. Black means: an area of malaria. So according to this information there's no safe place in South America and you have to take tablets. I think it's at least advicable to have malaria tablets with you, in case you get the disease. If you have to take them depends if the diseas is active in the area. The Dutch healt centres always dicribe Lariam, but there have been rumours that this medicine can cause serious mental problems for about 10% of the users. Personaly I didn't use malaria tablets when I was in peru, because the local guide told me it wasn't necessary at that moment, but maybe I took a smal risk.
In the rain forest you'll see a lot of mosquito's, so it's advicable to do something against them. I really liked my special (long) jungle throuser: mosquito's couldn't get through it and it wasn't warm. I also used lotion for my face. The eco-resort had a clamboo, so that was no problem. Be carefull with food: don't keep things on the table. You best can hang things, to prevent ants etc. will enter your stuff. I didn't have had trouble with inescts.
tel and internet
You can't find a public tel, but to find an internet cafe is no problem. You wouldn't expect it, but even the smallest places have an internet cafe. I'm sure Peru does have more internet cafe's then Holland!
Traveller cheques
Traveller cheques are not accepted everywhere. Some banks accept Thomas Cook, other banks accept American Expres but its very rare a bank accepts both. In a bank there're usualy long lines, so you have to take some time to get your money. Cash despencors are only available in big cities. Shops and restaurants often accept credit cards, but they ask a provision of 5%-10%. There're also shops for money exchanges of foreign cash.
The traffic
My impression is people drive quit and with attention. The roads are not so good and neither are the cars, but I haven't seen real bad cars like in Venezuela. Almost every car does have a sticker with Taxi. (So when you go to your work, you can make some extra money when you transport a tourist) A car without a Taxi sticker is from a tourist or a rich Peruvian.
The weather
The weather in Peru depends of the area. At the coast you have a dessert climate, in the middle of peru you have the plateau and you also have the rain forest. In the dessert the air is dry, in the rain forest the air is humid. In the plateau it's not warm, in the dessert it's very hot (but not at night). Below you can see the temeratures of different area's:
(Plateau:)
(Coast)
(Dessert)
(Rain forest)
Embassy Peru:
source: www.minbuza.nl
Nassauplein 4
2585 EA Den Haag (The Hague)
Open:
monday-friday 09:00-13:00 en 15:00-17:00
070-3653500
070-3651929
Dutch embassy :
source: www.minbuza.nl
Embassy Lima
Website: www.nlgovlim.com
Pasports: Yes
Dutch-identity card: No
embassador: mr. P.W.A. Schellekens
Region: Peru
Address:
Avenida Principal 190
Urb Sta Catalina
La Victoria
Postal address:
Casilla 71
Lima 100
Tel. +51-1-415 0660
In emergencies you can call: +51-1-99094411 (24 hours a day)
Fax +51-1-415 0689
E-mail: nlgovlim@terra.com.pe
Dutch consulates
source: www.minbuza.nl
Dutch consulate Arequipa
Centro Comercial Cayma
Of. 36
Cayma, Arequipa
Tel. 00-51-54-251840/ 4958
Fax 00-51-54-945343
E-mail: lufthansaqp@planet.com.pe
Open: monday -friday from 08:30-17:00
Time difference with Holland: -6
Pasport: Nee
Dutch-identity card: No
Head office: embassy Lima
Chef de Poste: mw. Connie Tubée de Montesinos
Ressort: Arequipa, Moquegua en Tacna
Dutch consulate Cuzco
Av. Pardo 827
Cuzco
Tel. 00-51-84-224322/ 241897/ 650204/ 264103
Fax 00-51-84-221097
Pasport: No
Dutch-identity card: No
Head office: embassy Lima
Chef de Poste: mw. Carmen Marcela Alarco Zegarra
Ressort: region Inca
Embassy of Peru in Belgium
source: www.diplomatie.be
AV. DE TERVUEREN / TERVURENLAAN, 179
1150 SINT-PIETERS-WOLUWE
tel: 02.733.33.19
Fax: 02.733.48.19
E-mail: embassy.of.peru@unicall.pe
Consulates of Peru in Belgium
source: www.diplomatie.be
Consulate general in Brussel
RUE DE PRAETERE / DE PRAETERE STRAAT, 2/4
1000 BRUSSEL
tel: 02.641.87.60
Fax: 02.641.87.68
E-mail: embassy.of.peru@unicall.pe
Consulate of honor general Antwerpen
LOMBARDEVEST, 63 2000 ANTWERPEN
tel: 03.776.06.54
Fax: 03.776.46.92
E-mail: embassy.of.peru@unicall.pe
Consulate of honor general Gent
PATIJNTJESTRAAT, 270
9000 GENT
tel: 09.221.80.21
Fax: 09.221.47.14
E-mail: embassy.of.peru@unicall.pe
Belgian embassy in Peru
source: www.diplomatie.be
Avenida Angamos Oeste, 380
Miraflores - Lima 18
tel: + (51) (1) 241.75.66
Fax: + (51) (1) 241.63.79
E-mail: Lima@diplobel.org
Website: http://www.diplomatie.be/limanl
Belgian consulates in Peru
source: www.diplomatie.be
Consulate Arequipa
Jacinto Ibañez 410
Parque Industrial - Arequipa
tel: + (51) (54) 28.55.08
Fax: + (51) (54) 28.83.05
E-mail: jorvexaqp@lared.net.pe
Disclaimer
I've been in Peru in 1999, so the information at this page could be old. I give my own experiences and I'm not a scientist.
General information
Peru is a poor country but it has a rich history. The Inca's have build impressive buildings, but the Inca's where not Peru's first civilization. There have been many other well developt civilizations in Peru before the Inca's. The Spanish who conquered Peru have destroyed a lot and took a lot of gold. (You can see that gold in the churches of Spain...) The Spanish also builded a lot of new buildings and churches. In general you can say Peru is a country with a rich cultural history. Even today not all mysteries of Peru has been solved.
Language
In Peru people speak Spanish and in the better hotels, people also speak English. Some Indians speak their own language.
Looks of the Peruvian
You can see the Peruvians are descendants of the Indians. The Peruvians have another character then the people of the Caribs. In the Caribs people are joyfull, lazy and make a lot of noise. In Peru people are more serious, but they're also very friendly.
Crime and drugs
Peru is a poor country, so in big cities you have to watch your things. Especially in Lima there're areas you better not walk alone. In my group there was a Belgian who had put his wallet at the back of his throuser. After we visited a market, his wallet was stolen. (Oke, it was an easy target for a pick pocket, a wallet in the back of someones throuser) The Belgian went to the police and there a man told him, he maybe could find the wallet for 10 dollar. The police adviced the Belgian to pay that man 10 dollar.... An hour later, the man returned with the wallet of the Belgian. Oke, the money was gone, but he got hiss driver-license etc back.
I myself was walking in a square, when suddenly a person on a mountainbike took my cap. I immediately was shouting and following that man, so the thief decided to throw the cap to me, to get rid of me. So this theft wasn't successfull! (The same day, I forgot to take the cap out of the bus)
In Peru people crow coca. Chewing the coca leaves does help aggainst the sickness of altitude. You can also make tea from this coca leaves. Chewing at coca leaves or drinking tea made from coca leaves is not dangerous. The coca leaves can also be used for the production of the drug cocaïn. It's not forbidden to have coca leaves in Peru for the sickness of altitude, but I supose you can't take this leaves back to your country, because I supose you then are smugling drugs.
Sickness of altitude
In Peru some intresting places are situated very high. For instance the lake of Titicaca is at 5 km height. Because of the height, the air is thin and it cost more effort to breath. So when you have problems with your heart, or have astma, you better don't go to this heigh area's. Maybe chewing the coca leaves does help a little bit against the sickness of altitude, but it also helps when you doesn't do much.
Mosquito's and malaria
In the Rain forest sometimess there's malaria. In Peru they say in the dessert and in Lima there's no malaria. The guide in the rain forest told me, usualy there's no malaria for years, but then suddenly there's a short epidemic. At the medical information centre in Holland (the GGD) they have a map of South-America which in total is black. Black means: an area of malaria. So according to this information there's no safe place in South America and you have to take tablets. I think it's at least advicable to have malaria tablets with you, in case you get the disease. If you have to take them depends if the diseas is active in the area. The Dutch healt centres always dicribe Lariam, but there have been rumours that this medicine can cause serious mental problems for about 10% of the users. Personaly I didn't use malaria tablets when I was in peru, because the local guide told me it wasn't necessary at that moment, but maybe I took a smal risk.
In the rain forest you'll see a lot of mosquito's, so it's advicable to do something against them. I really liked my special (long) jungle throuser: mosquito's couldn't get through it and it wasn't warm. I also used lotion for my face. The eco-resort had a clamboo, so that was no problem. Be carefull with food: don't keep things on the table. You best can hang things, to prevent ants etc. will enter your stuff. I didn't have had trouble with inescts.
tel and internet
You can't find a public tel, but to find an internet cafe is no problem. You wouldn't expect it, but even the smallest places have an internet cafe. I'm sure Peru does have more internet cafe's then Holland!
Traveller cheques
Traveller cheques are not accepted everywhere. Some banks accept Thomas Cook, other banks accept American Expres but its very rare a bank accepts both. In a bank there're usualy long lines, so you have to take some time to get your money. Cash despencors are only available in big cities. Shops and restaurants often accept credit cards, but they ask a provision of 5%-10%. There're also shops for money exchanges of foreign cash.
The traffic
My impression is people drive quit and with attention. The roads are not so good and neither are the cars, but I haven't seen real bad cars like in Venezuela. Almost every car does have a sticker with Taxi. (So when you go to your work, you can make some extra money when you transport a tourist) A car without a Taxi sticker is from a tourist or a rich Peruvian.
The weather
The weather in Peru depends of the area. At the coast you have a dessert climate, in the middle of peru you have the plateau and you also have the rain forest. In the dessert the air is dry, in the rain forest the air is humid. In the plateau it's not warm, in the dessert it's very hot (but not at night). Below you can see the temeratures of different area's:
(Plateau:)
(Coast)
(Dessert)
(Rain forest)
Embassy Peru:
source: www.minbuza.nl
Nassauplein 4
2585 EA Den Haag (The Hague)
Open:
monday-friday 09:00-13:00 en 15:00-17:00
070-3653500
070-3651929
Dutch embassy :
source: www.minbuza.nl
Embassy Lima
Website: www.nlgovlim.com
Pasports: Yes
Dutch-identity card: No
embassador: mr. P.W.A. Schellekens
Region: Peru
Address:
Avenida Principal 190
Urb Sta Catalina
La Victoria
Postal address:
Casilla 71
Lima 100
Tel. +51-1-415 0660
In emergencies you can call: +51-1-99094411 (24 hours a day)
Fax +51-1-415 0689
E-mail: nlgovlim@terra.com.pe
Dutch consulates
source: www.minbuza.nl
Dutch consulate Arequipa
Centro Comercial Cayma
Of. 36
Cayma, Arequipa
Tel. 00-51-54-251840/ 4958
Fax 00-51-54-945343
E-mail: lufthansaqp@planet.com.pe
Open: monday -friday from 08:30-17:00
Time difference with Holland: -6
Pasport: Nee
Dutch-identity card: No
Head office: embassy Lima
Chef de Poste: mw. Connie Tubée de Montesinos
Ressort: Arequipa, Moquegua en Tacna
Dutch consulate Cuzco
Av. Pardo 827
Cuzco
Tel. 00-51-84-224322/ 241897/ 650204/ 264103
Fax 00-51-84-221097
Pasport: No
Dutch-identity card: No
Head office: embassy Lima
Chef de Poste: mw. Carmen Marcela Alarco Zegarra
Ressort: region Inca
Embassy of Peru in Belgium
source: www.diplomatie.be
AV. DE TERVUEREN / TERVURENLAAN, 179
1150 SINT-PIETERS-WOLUWE
tel: 02.733.33.19
Fax: 02.733.48.19
E-mail: embassy.of.peru@unicall.pe
Consulates of Peru in Belgium
source: www.diplomatie.be
Consulate general in Brussel
RUE DE PRAETERE / DE PRAETERE STRAAT, 2/4
1000 BRUSSEL
tel: 02.641.87.60
Fax: 02.641.87.68
E-mail: embassy.of.peru@unicall.pe
Consulate of honor general Antwerpen
LOMBARDEVEST, 63 2000 ANTWERPEN
tel: 03.776.06.54
Fax: 03.776.46.92
E-mail: embassy.of.peru@unicall.pe
Consulate of honor general Gent
PATIJNTJESTRAAT, 270
9000 GENT
tel: 09.221.80.21
Fax: 09.221.47.14
E-mail: embassy.of.peru@unicall.pe
Belgian embassy in Peru
source: www.diplomatie.be
Avenida Angamos Oeste, 380
Miraflores - Lima 18
tel: + (51) (1) 241.75.66
Fax: + (51) (1) 241.63.79
E-mail: Lima@diplobel.org
Website: http://www.diplomatie.be/limanl
Belgian consulates in Peru
source: www.diplomatie.be
Consulate Arequipa
Jacinto Ibañez 410
Parque Industrial - Arequipa
tel: + (51) (54) 28.55.08
Fax: + (51) (54) 28.83.05
E-mail: jorvexaqp@lared.net.pe
Consulate Cuzco
Avenida El Sol, 954
(C/o Hotel Savoy) - Cuzco
tel: + (51) (84) 22.10.98
tel: + (51) (84) 22.43.22
Fax: +
(51) (84) 22.11.00
Fax: +
(51) (84) 22.10.97
E-mail:
reservas@hojosavoycuzco.com
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