Tips and advice to thrive in Peru

peru
adjust.  just replace talking about the climate with talking about food and restaurants
and more food.

feel at home. It can take a life time. its an interesting process.

successful process? speak fluently in spanish about food.

Have patience with officials and paperwork. Smile and always say por favor y gracias - it really works and people will always help. Be enthusiastic about food and drink - it's what drives the country! Driving - ahhhhh yes - take a few taxi rides and watch the system - there is one and it does work!

driving.....   if " it does work"  means an incredible high fatality rate , bus and coaches falling down canyons "regularly "  drivers treating pedestrians like target practice at a fun fair and a shrug of the shoulders " what can you do" yes you are right "it does work".

It was easy to adjust to Peru because of previously living in another Latin American country. I felt at home in Cusco from the very first time coming here so it was a comfortable process. Having lived here half the year for six years, I still feel like I am coming home every time I arrive into the magical sacred valley, the beautiful Andes and the cool city of Cusco. The key for successful integration anywhere is knowing how to speak the language; smiling, engaging & laughing with most everyone; being open to each moment as learning energy; letting go of expectations or resistance; and going with the flow of the spark of life!

Don't be a noisy foreigner, be a quiet foreigner. Smile at others unless you're female, then don't make eye contact with younger males. Have patience (you'll never have enough). Don't own a vehicle. Travel like everyone else. Dress like others around you. Don't use tattoos, piercings, etc.