Gamarra Market - the hub of Lima's textile economy. In a country know for its cotton and materials Gamarra Market is where you could potentially decorate your house in under 2 hours. It puts North American interior design to shame. All you'd have to do here is walk up to the … [Read more...] about Gamarra Market
Everything Else
Lima, Peru: The rest of the photos
Museo Larco - the home of ancient figurines, gold, and weapons dating back to long before the Incas. Separate is the erotic room. Ancient Peruvians were big into fertility and laughter. Some things don't change. The buses. You jump on when you see one with a street written on … [Read more...] about Lima, Peru: The rest of the photos
The Bioferia: Organic Markets in Lima
I travel halfway around the world and one of the first things I look for is the organic market. I honestly figured Lima wouldn't have one, being a city with a lot of poverty and an abundance of inexpensive food. Why would people here want an organic market? What's the demographic … [Read more...] about The Bioferia: Organic Markets in Lima
Lima in Pictures, Part 1: The Fruit
Finally I got some photos and will update some previous entries, but here are all the pictures of fruit I took. Not many, I know, but a few interesting ones. Above is a road-side fruit stand in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru. These little stands are ubiquitous, standing in … [Read more...] about Lima in Pictures, Part 1: The Fruit
Back in MTL
This morning I hesitated at my kitchen sink before washing an orange in running water. It took me a moment to remember that in Canada you can just turn on the pipe and rinse your fruit. You don't need to boil water or waste expensive bottled water and constantly risk polluting … [Read more...] about Back in MTL
La Puente de los Sospiros and a Peruvian Debut
How did a girl from Montreal get to Lima, Peru? I'm here for the International Festival of the Peruvian Cajon. I barely play cajon. So why am I here? Turns out that cajon blends wonderfully with other instruments, one of those being marimba, of which I play a whole lot more. … [Read more...] about La Puente de los Sospiros and a Peruvian Debut
Mercado Surquillo and a World of Fruit
There are a lot of places in Lima a single female gringo (foreigner) should not go alone. Basically I can walk around my neighbourhood between the hours of 9am and 6pm, but if I walk for more than 30 minutes in any direction I need to consider what I'm wearing, who I'm with, how … [Read more...] about Mercado Surquillo and a World of Fruit
Papaya (Day 2) and Chicha Morada
I'm becoming a little obsessed with papaya juice. I'm convinced it's supposed to taste better than it has to me in the past, so every time I go to a restaurant with fresh juices I want to try the papaya. On Day 2 of my papaya quest I asked for a glass of papaya juice ($1.30 … [Read more...] about Papaya (Day 2) and Chicha Morada
A “Nutritional Masterpiece” and What Papaya is Supposed to Taste Like
In my entire life (toda mi vida?") I have only bought two papayas. Each time, they sat on my kitchen counter in Montreal not ripening for periods of time ranging from a few days to a week and half and in the end they always tasted like nothing. That's not to say I've only eaten … [Read more...] about A “Nutritional Masterpiece” and What Papaya is Supposed to Taste Like
Un Café, Por Favor
I finally understand coffee. It took 24 years and a breakfast of fluffy white bread and jam to get it, but here I am, 'getting' it. When two Montreal business men who you meet in a small hotel in Lima, Peru remark on the quality of the coffee included in the continental … [Read more...] about Un Café, Por Favor