TACA Flights and Fares to Lima and Cuzco

February 5, 2010

TACA Airlines was founded in 1931 and now flies to 39 destinations in 22 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. Included are daily flights to 9 major U.S Cities and Canada (Toronto). TACA’s flight Lima to Cuzco is one of their most popular. Do you want to find more information? Try [...]

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how to tip in Lima Peru

September 17, 2009

Leaving a tip for what you consider was a good service is appreciated in Lima, Peru. Every time I travel to Lima I find myself being treated specially good even though I can blend easier among their population. Most everyone is always courteous and happy to serve so I applied the same principles as when [...]

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El Museo de la Nacion in Lima

July 26, 2009

El “Museo de la Nacion” (National Museum), located in Avenida Javier Prado Este 2465, San Borja district, in Lima, Peru, is one of the most complete museums in Lima displaying the chronological cultural evolution of Peru. Not an easy task if you take into consideration that civilizations in Peru like Caral, located north of Lima, [...]

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10 Tips about Public Transportation in Lima: Buses, Micros and Combis – Part2

July 4, 2009

This is the second part of tips about public transportation in Lima, Peru. If you want to read the original article, go to 10 Tips about Public Transportation Part 1. Always remember visiting Peru is like visiting any other country or even your own country, there will be areas and things that you should not [...]

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10 Tips about Public Transportation in Lima: Buses, Micros and Combis

June 25, 2009

Public transportation in Lima consists primarily of buses, micros (minibus or microbus) and combis (small vans usually painted white with capacity for up to 20 people). This overwhelming vehicular fleet is omnipresent in Lima’s streets and mastering its secrets is a discipline based on trial and error. Lima in my personal opinion is not rental-car [...]

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10 things to know about Pharmacies in Lima Peru

May 28, 2009

There are many good pharmacies in Lima, Peru. Pharmacies are called “Farmacias” or “Boticas” in Spanish. Pharmacies like “Boticas BTL”, “InkaFarma”, and “Boticas FASA” for example, are well regarded as safe places to buy medicines and personal care items and the ones I am familiar with, there are many other good ones but I just [...]

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Air Pollution in Lima Peru

May 14, 2009

Lima, currently at 21% to 27%, has the highest prevalence of asthma in Latin America

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What to do if your flight to Lima gets canceled

May 4, 2009

This is Part 2 of 2. Part 1: We are waiting for an airplane part… The good news, if any, is that when an airline cancels a flight it will try to reroute the most expensive tickets first. In the case of a person flying from let’s say, San Francisco to Houston to Lima, Peru, [...]

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Flights suspended from and to Mexico

April 30, 2009

Flights from Lima to Mexico and Mexico to Lima has been suspended since 00:00am today (April 30th, 2009) according to a provision of the Department of Transport and Communications.

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Swine Flu Preventing Measures at the Lima Airport

April 27, 2009

Valuable information regarding how the Peruvian airport is preparing to receive more than 1000 passengers arriving every night from Mexico and the United States.

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