Some highly touted places, such as Huacachina, disappoint. Other unheralded places, such as Cahuachi, enchant.
I compare the urban neighborhood of La Virreyna in the Santiago de Surco municipality of Lima, with the suburban neighborhood of Yalecrest in Salt Lake City.
A moonlight tour of Peru’s most famous cemetery.
The three most dangerous things that I do in Peru.
Lima has world class bad traffic. Why?
I spend some of my time in Peru just being a tourist. Here are some trips we took in 2025.
Lima provides all kinds of shopping experiences: everything from street vendors to high end department stores in elegant shopping malls.
Crime – and the fear of crime – has shaped the urban landscape of Lima in many ways.
Metropolitan Lima has almost 3,000 parks. In many parts of the city, you are no more than 300 meters from a park.
Garbage collection is handled differently in Lima.
