Welcome back my name is Julia Gonzales and I welcome you to my channel.
If you haven't been here before, I share travel videos to give you insights and ideas on places
that you can travel. Last week I showed you a fun Friday night out in Barranco, where we had
dinner at Isolina drinks at Ayahuasca and enjoyed local music and dancing at Peña Don Porfirio. For this video
are you planning a trip to Peru? Great, this week I'll share with you a few tips and tricks that
I picked up while visiting Lima in hopes to make your travel plans a little easier.
First off I want to say Peru is a wonderful place to visit,
the people are so kind and helpful, the scenery is stunning and the food is amazing.
Tip number one, numero uno, learn some Spanish. That's right only about eight percent of
the Peruvian population speaks English, so it's going to be up to you to get around be
able to communicate what you want or what you need. So learning some Spanish is important.
It's been hard for me I try my best to speak some Spanish, quiero agua con gas.
Me gustaria la ceviche, is it
female or male. I'm working on it but I can order at a restaurant.
It's really just important to get some Spanish under your belt
so you can communicate what you need when you're visiting Peru. Tip number two numero dos
before leaving the airport you need to stop and get a taxi. So you're on your way you got
your bags you see that exit door and you're super excited. I'm telling you please stop and get
a taxi, at one of, you're gonna see a couple of stands, to your left to your right, order a taxi.
This is your safest way to leave the airport because once you exit those doors you're out
of those doors, you can't go back in. There's a lot of chaos at the airport there's a lot of
people trying to pull you in different directions and using the taxi service within the airport is
simple easy. They tell you how much it's gonna be, they walk you out, they introduce you to your taxi
driver, you're in, it's done simple and you're on your way. Tip number three numero tres, look at that
getting them down, don't order ceviche for dinner. That's right ceviche in Peru is
best for lunch, super fresh fish come from the sea every morning. But even the locals will tell you
don't order it for dinner and if you're offered it for dinner just say no.
Tip number four cuatro. It's a well-known fact you should not drink the top water in South America.
The locals will boil it to make sure it's purified that also goes for the ice.
So remember if you like those ice lattes and you don't want to spend your time in the bathroom
during your trip, then you might want to just be cautious. When in doubt when you're out if
you like those like frozen drinks, just choose a wine or a beer, and you'll be fine.
Do you like it really cold when you're sleeping tip number five
numero cinco. Et's summertime, opposite of the United States in
Peru. So January, February, March and it gets pretty hot. Not all Airbnb's
have air conditioning so make sure to check for that so you can sleep comfortably on your trip.
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Tip number six, numero seis. Use uber it's safe and the cheapest option in Peru. What
you might not know is there about 50% of taxis in Peru are considered informal or unauthorized.
So that means anyone could be driving those taxis, so we just highly recommend just using Uber.
Tip number seven, numero siete. Give yourself enough time to get around, in Lima there's over 10 million
people that live there. So getting around you're always going to run into traffic, there's just
a ton of people. What I would recommend is staying in Barranco or Miraflores, there are tons of amazing
restaurants things to do and they're walkable cities. You don't have to worry about getting around.
Well, that wraps up this week's video on helpful tips and planning your next trip to Peru. I hope
you enjoyed this video. I enjoyed making it for you. Please make sure to hit that subscribe button if
you haven't already. Until next time go out and explore, there's a whole world you deserve to see.
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