Limean traffic: smart businesses

In order to drive in Lima, it is necessary to have an incredible skills. As I heard from a foreigner here: "driving in Lima is like playing a videogame and you just jump among obstacles". For this reason, a Peruvian company did not think it twice and they created the Peruvian version of Crazy Taxi called Crazy Combi.

Face to taxi drivers who raise their tariffs due to the annoying traffic, the police that cannot fight properly with the traffic but they make it worse or streets closed due to inexplicable works whose inaugurations continue being delayed. Simply, this is the current scene of Lima, nor during rush hour but all day long. Well, Lima does not count with a proper public transportation as major cities have.

Beyond these problems and the positive about this, if you are a car driver you can find great offer deals in some major streets in Lima, from puzzles and coloring books to your children, cell chargers and cell cases, and just entertainment if you are searching for fun during waiting times. I am bringing some pics about my journey:

Lima is safe thanks to this guy

If you could not read the news at home, 

this guys has the lastest ones

Circus is near than you think

Summer is really near, so this guy sells refreshing jellies

Dear readers, we cannot deal against the traffic as Mahomet must go to the mountain, but if you buy something, you might contribute to Peru's GDP.

Buying flowers

Far away Lima, I enjoyed the great sun that came out and I felt lucky to had the experience to watch these colors despite the dismal place where I have been.

Well, I leave you with the shoots I took:

I get atractted by that colors

To bee or not to bee

Are they pretty?

The central light is awsome

Outside

Lima is not ugly as Salazar Bondy says...

A good tour guide book

"The guides that show you what others only tell you", after read this it is impossible not to buy DK Eyewitness Travel Peru.

Last week I went to Miraflores and passing by a bookstore I found this marvelous guide. In the past time, by a recommendation of a friend - who travels a lot - I bought my first DK Eyewitness Travel guide in Japan and this guide always helped me to find the places I wanted to go (showing the pics only) when my linguistic repertoire finished and I did not know what to say nor had no idea how to get the final destination.

It is a colorful guide that not only contains information about tourist places that would be due to visit, also contains information about Peru's history, a full chapter to Peru's capital city: Lima, another one approaches destinies by regions, another chapter dedicated to the travelers' needs (where to eat, where to stay, where to hang-out among others) and the last but not less important, the survival guide about practical and travel information.

For example, this gorgeus shoot belongs to the part dedicated to Lake Titicaca:

From my personal experience, no other guides explain the history of a place in words and pictures, like this one which explore Nasca Lines:

Also it has a chapter dedicated to the travelers' need: where to eat, where to stay, where and what to buy, outdoors activities and national holidays as well. As you may appreciate, this is a very complete guide about my country and why not, it is also an excellent memento. In my case, I highlight the destinies I visited, then I have a good memory about the trips. It could be an excellent gift to one who likes and/or want to travel.

You can find more information here.