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"What would the Italians do without Peru's tomatoes!" - Abuelita read full post >>

"What would the Italians do without Peru's tomatoes!" - Abuelita read full post >>

Since reading The Lettered City, Rama’s notion of a rigid order within the colonizer’s city planning has been stuck in my mind. So much so, that, in this past week’s numerous expeditions throughout Lima, I have been attempting to find this alleged ‘orderliness’; as of now I have found everything but. In a rather wonderful […] read full post >>

Hi baes! Let me tell you about my little side quest of the day because I learned so much about indigeneity and surfing in Peru. While on a walk with some baes we reached the park above Makaha beach in Miraflores. I saw the sets rolling in and some sparse little dots huddling around the wave breaks (all slightly astigmatic due to my lack of my visual aids). I was unsure if I was going to surf today but as soon as I saw the break I was sauntering as fast as my wispy skirt would allow me to. As I did my half-blind wave check I was bombarded with questions of “senorita, quieres aprender a surfear?” from multiple surf dudes decked out in some rated ponchos to protect them from the swelling wind. The question obviously phrased under the assumption that I wasn’t a surfer was oddly comforting in the male-dominated sport that surfing can be. I asked around a few tents to see if they had the board length and volume I wanted for the relatively mellow but maneuverable waves while I gathered intel on the break to avoid having to use that travel insurance. I engaged in a mild haggle until all the dudes agreed to offer me the same price which was surprisingly easy but I was surprised there was no standardized price at the beach. After a quick orientation of the currents and entry/exit I was off! Managed to shred some gnar…. Until I got caught in a set and the gnar shredded me. Thankfully, I made a quick recovery. However, I wasn’t taking any chances so I decided to follow a wise looking man with kind eyes on the waves to avoid being in the break zone of the breach break. My slightly stalkerish behaviour eventually led to conversation and I started chatting this man up between waves. He gave me the lore on Peruvian surfing between waves… read full post >>

Twenty students are racing through central Lima at night. The streets are packed with people, couples, children, cars, horns blaring, the smell of burnt corn, sugar, fried chicken, garbage. The sweating basement of the seafood restaurant I used to work at, sometimes cigarette smoke, some respite. Couples are laying down in the park without blankets […] read full post >>

(this is a song reference don't worry Jon + Daniel) read full post >>

Day four in Lima and so much has happened. In a way it feels like I’ve been here for so much longer. So much is yet to happen.  One of the activities I’ve been reflecting on is our visit to Larco Museum. Coming from an Anthropology background, I receive museums with much skepticism. I have […] read full post >>

This is my 3rd day in Lima. I landed here at around 10:30 pm on May 23rd from a nine-and-a-half-hour layover in Mexico City. On my flight from Vancouver to Mexico City, I could see the nearly full moon out the plane window and it reminded me of being a kid in the backseat, smiling […] read full post >>

I wouldn’t have thought that out of all the things we have seen thus far I would have the most to say about the erotic art section of the Museo Larco, but alas, here we are. In this exhibit awash with Moche sexual effigies, functional as pots and expressive as sculptures, adorned with sex acts ranging from realistic representations to borderline body horror, myself and others noticed commonalities and trends among these pieces that got the ol’ gears turning in my head. A particularly interesting trend was that despite the...read more read full post >>

While it has only been merely two days in Lima, I have been attempting to take in all the city has to offer. I traveled to Lima with very little background knowledge of Peru, leaving me open minded to what this experience may bring. However, I was really surprised to learn some names and connotations […] read full post >>