About pschles

Status:

Expatriate  

Gender:

Male

Currently Lives:

Peru

Citizen Of:

United States

Some Forum Posts:

Peru: Hi:

I don't think that one's allegiance to a religious denomination has any relation to the quality of the "ayahuasca" experience. It makes one evacuate their system orally and elsewhere, and see colors, patterns, and think strong alternative, thoughts from past and future!

Peru: Internet reliability in Peru:

More than six years of experience says that Internet is certainly reliable in Peru for remote sales and more. Video performance is choppy regardless of provider. Latency is an issue with video specifically. It really depends on from where you are planning on connecting and using what kind of services. There are Internet cafes in most cities and some small towns. If you will be located in Lima and want a month to month wireless router service without phone hookup to support multiple devices in a home, then Olo can be recommended. But Olo has a delivery footprint and you need to check if your house is within that footprint. I have used that service for almost a year from San Juan de Lurigancho (Lima). I have also been a customer in the past of Nextel, Claro, Movistar, and Speedy. Claro/Movistar have a wireless dongle that works for a single computer. We had technical and customer service problems with Movistar. I used Nextel wide band with success for years. Speedy is fast, cheap, but good depends on the wiring in your part of the city and how much construction is happening near you. If you are planning on setting up a high speed phone center in the provinces using existing services beyond Lima it is probably not going to happen, though I do know of a successful Skype-based salesman who did B2B appt setting daily and operated from Huanuco.

Peru: Black Man From U.S. Looking To Move To Peru?:

Cynthia and others, The law changed quite some time ago. You can get a 183 day visa before you have to leave and come back in. The nine hour trip can be circumvented by persons in Lima, but most folks leave to either the border with Chile or Ecuador. I flew to Santiago twice early on, but mostly found jobs that would take me out every so often. Peter

Peru: Peru Retirement:

That's tight but a lot of Peruvians make it on a lot less. You will need to have someone help you get a low cost apartment, so you don't get ripped off. We pay $140 + utils for a two bedroom apartment on 3rd floor, but we're not in a very wonderful area; no security guards at all, not safe at night; we don't look at the young men's faces when we walk by. Transport will be walking, bicycle, buses, collective taxis.

Peru: Mariage to a Peruviana:

it varies. have you ever been married and divorced before?

Peru: Looking for real estate. Prices:

it's really quite variable. Outside of Lima you can find land for $3000 and $18000 for 210m2 (minimum lot size). It all depends if it is on a road, is it in a "gated" community, is there electricity, trucked in water, no water, on a mountain side or on a city street. Most rural properties are not titled, but if they can be or are improved then the usage rights (mejoras) can be sold and the property will be viable. As a result there are tiny wood box houses going up the sides of and on top of almost all of the hills outside of Lima.

Peru: flight to peru:

They never ask about my ticket. I am almost always here without a return ticket. You must ask them for the 183 days as soon as you give them your passport for review.

Peru: Retirement Visa:

When I came here in Sept 2007, the rate was 3.2 soles to $1. The rate on the street this morning was 2.59 soles to $1. So the annual rate over this period would be 3.8%. Over the last 5yrs for which there are COLA increases posted, the annual avg rate is 2.3%, but in 2009 and 2010, the adjustment was 0, and those were the only years like that ever since 1975. So if the economy starts dipping again like it did then, the rate difference could cause you to lose a little; but then again you could also belt tighten a little too.

Peru: Expat Communities in Peru:

I know of expats living in Tarapoto, Iquitos, Mancora, Huanuco, Huaraz, Cuzco, Urubamba, Puerto Maldonado, and Ica.

Peru: Lima Peru, San Isidro:

remember, there are different kinds of expats. if you're thinking that visiting san isidro is visiting peru, then you might as well stay in miami, because san isidro is pretty darn close, though sometimes more upscale than southern florida (a little like "los gatos" california). On the other hand, if you really like adventure, come visit Jicamarca-Huarochiri on the outskirts of Lima, where the telephone poles end and the only way to get water is via weekly truck.

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