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Céline & Yannick in Peru

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4 juin 2007

Looking for a car

Looking for a car
Saturday we've been busy doing some clothes shopping in the most local/active/adventurous places (Gamarra and Polvo Azules) and ended up so stressed that we both had headaches for the rest of the day. See a fly-over picture of the Gamarra-area. During...
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2 juin 2007

Busy week

Busy week
We have been rather busy this week and it's been quite exciting. Monday was a rest day, to start off the week relaxed. Tuesday we had our last meal with Bernard (I made soup "the Andes way") and afterwards, drinks at his hotel. We had a delightful time...
1 juin 2007

New toy

New toy
As Céline will write in her next article, this has been a very busy week. So busy in fact that we've probably accomplished a lot more, or prepared a lot for accomplishment, than we did the previous weeks. In the middle of all this, I have bought a new...
30 mai 2007

Taxes on salaries

Yesterday I found out how salaries are taxed. It is important to know for Yannick who is self-employed and looking to employ local labor. There are 3 tiers of tax rates, depending how much is earned. The amounts mentioned are annual salaries. Any amount...
30 mai 2007

The web developers, the company and the server

This article is a business-only article, so feel free to *skip* it if you only like the tourist stories :-) There are three things I need to start selling services here: web developers, a local company and a server. Even though this is in the correct...
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29 mai 2007

Ceviche @ Punto Azul

Ceviche @ Punto Azul
We had ceviche for lunch at a restaurant close to my office, called Punto Azul. They have blue walls, friendly waitresses, the service is quick and the food was tasty and reasonably priced (15 PEN for a mixed ceviche). Ceviche is the national dish of...
28 mai 2007

Fruits

Fruits
We have many exotic fruits in Peru that we had never seen, tasted or even heard of before arriving. I would like to introduce you to a few.... Chirimoya The outside is dark and light green with smooth polygonal faces, it is bigger than a fist. It is a...
26 mai 2007

High Security

High Security
There are parts of Miraflores that are under what seems to be, high security, with electric wires above high walls or metal gates. The latter often display threatening spikes directed towards potential aggressor routes. The alternate form of this, for...
26 mai 2007

London fog in Lima

London fog in Lima
That's what happens (left) when you take a very hot shower for too long, window open... It looks just like London fog, doesn't it? Oh, and for comparison purposes, this (on the right) is what it looks like without fog. En Français: Voici ce qui arrive...
24 mai 2007

Business, business

Business, business
On the business side, I have had very positive meetings since I arrived here. It seems like Dokeos (software which I am lead developer of) is known in a lot of places, but that they are all missing some kind of representatives to push them into using...
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