Lima - Post Report Question and Answers
If you move here, you can leave behind your:
Umbrella - Dec 2024
Umbrella - Jul 2022
Winter clothing. Instead you can stock up on alpaca wool clothing of every kind beautifully designed and very affordable. - Oct 2018
Umbrella, rain/snow gear - Mar 2018
Desire to be anywhere on time, umbrella, rain boots. - Apr 2017
Common sense, umbrella - Jul 2016
Umbrella, lack of patience for traffic - Sep 2015
umbrella. - Sep 2015
Notions of Peru, particularly Lima, as a third world country. While there still is some pretty rough living in the Andes and the jungle areas, many places have thriving economies and lots to offer both the traveler and the resident expat! - May 2015
Umbrella. - Apr 2015
Umbrella. - Sep 2014
Impatience in traffic and expectation that road rules mean anything - adapt or go insane. Umbrella. - Apr 2014
Raincoat--it never rains in Lima! - Mar 2014
Umbrella - it never gets beyond a mist. Leather goods - oceanfront residents will get lots of mold. Manners - Peruvian driving is ATROCIOUS. Blaring horns, cutting people off, turning from an outside lane, running lights, near accidents - all are part of a typical day's drive. It definitely takes a toll over time. Pedestrians are also largely ignored, with a hundred cars passing and no one stopping to let you cross. Line cutting is also common (both in queues and on the road). - Aug 2013
cookbooks - just eat out! - Jul 2013
umbrellas--it never rains in Lima! - Jul 2013
Knowledge of French. - Jan 2012
Winter clothes. - Jan 2012
umbrellas - Aug 2011
umbrella and good driving techniques - you won't be using them. - Jul 2010
expectations of small town living. Lima is a big city with all the benefits and all the troubles. - Jun 2010
Road rules, your belief that Peruvians have common sense and your sports car. - Jul 2008
Expectations of first world infrastructure and common sense. You won't need heavy winter clothing either. - Apr 2008