1) They don’t say ‘chevere’ here, but ‘bakan’!
So in some places, they don’t say chevere, but other places they do, so it depends on where you are at! Lima or in the jungles!
2) Ahi is finally spicy here!
We had Ahi in Ecuador, and it was so mild that you don’t even feel any burn. But here, they finally have some that are legit spicy!
3) Police lights are just red, not red and blue.
Seems like its just red and white! No blue! Reminds me of the ambulances or firetrucks.
4) The landscapes of Peru are very different!
We were shocked when we first arrived in Peru. It was all desert and flat. It wasn’t what we expected at all. When we got to Lima, the coast felt like California! And then driving out to the amazon it was all luscious jungle. Peru really have very different climates!
5) Don’t hand a knife to a person directly
Traditionally when you pass a knife to someone, you have to put it down on a table and let them pick it up. I guess it comes from a history of it looking like a threat! So now its tradition to never pass a knife directly to a person.
6) Breast feeding is normal in public places
In the town of Rio Tambo and Cubantia, the locals breast feed the babies out in public. They also do it very often. Its common for babies to be breastfeeding every hour or so.
7) Washing motorcycles is a pride
We’ve noticed that as soon as water is restored in a town, people are out washing their motorcycles and detail cleaning them! That speaks a lot to how much they value their motorcycles and how they put their pride in them.
8) Firecrackers are popular on Christmas
Firecrackers are as popular on Christmas as it is in Halloween in Canada. I would actually say even more so. It was non-stop! Even on Christmas Eve, the whole sky lit up in fireworks as if it was new years!
9) Men roll up their shirts and show their belly
Weather gets hot here. Instead of taking off their shirts, they just roll it up to the nipples as if it looks like a bra. It is strange. Something I had to get used to seeing.
10) You can be told so many different information and none of them are correct.
This month has been tricky. We’ve been told a lot of opposing information from the locals about travel plans and general information. I’m not too sure why this is the case, but a lot of the information that we were given were incorrect.
11) They have a form of taxi’s called Cumbys that are like mini vans.
These things are interesting! They aren’t as big as the bus’s we usually took, but they weren’t small taxi’s. They were about the size of a Volkswagen camper van! It would also cram us like mad!
