well hello and welcome back to our
Channel
someone is still wearing his Perot yeah
yeah I keep adding putting new additions
on so I've got the same shirt but guys I
also for cuz I picked up this hat I
haven't worn it for what some like I do
have a blue hat
yeah so today we wanted to sit down and
talk about 10 reasons we love Peru and
why we keep revisiting so Sam's outfit
is kind of appropriate I feel I'm the
cultural ambassador so let's dive right
in point number one we want to mention
the geographic diversity of Peru and
you've got like these three distinct
layers you have your coast you have the
mountains and then you have the jungle
and we've had the opportunity to visit
all three yeah so an example of the
three so if you want to go visit the
jungle we recommend going to Iquitos
where you can arrange in Amazon Cruz
yeah an example the desert would be iike
and Hawk Aegina
and there's some really cool things you
can do like sand dune buggying yeah
you're waiting on sand and then of
course when it comes to the mountains
and and easy
you've got Machu Picchu the most famous
of all and in terms of Lakes you've got
Lake Titicaca which is one of the
coolest lakes we've ever visited
anywhere number two the variety of the
food and I feel like most of the videos
we've made of a Peru are about the food
what we've eaten there why we love it so
we're not going to ramble too too long
about this yeah we're just gonna say
that Peru is the foodie capital of Latin
America you can eat like a king and
let's do a few dishes we okay so let's
start with the national dish and the
national drink so you got to go with
ceviche yeah the cured fish and the
citrus juice that is amazing and you've
got to try the national drink pisco sour
which features pisco a great brandy and
the sour which can be like a citrus
culmination it's both are so good both
are sour and those are two of my
favorites how about something that you
like oh I really like a he big Adina
which is like a shredded chicken dish
with yellow creamy a he sauce you can
eat it with potatoes you can eat it with
rice and I also love a dish from the
jungle called that gotcha asesina
or you get like mashed green plantains
with a salted dehydrate
to pork me and it's just really good but
that's almost a goodness yeah if you're
curious about Peruvian food we actually
made a video where we list 25 dishes you
try in the country so we'll make that
one number three average history and
culture
yeah so you've got the Incas of course
and you can visit Machu Picchu also you
can go to Cusco and you can see a lot of
Incan ruins and culture there as well
especially around the Sacred Valley yes
the Sacred Valley is an incredible place
to visit so there's tons of culture and
adventure to be had yeah I would say if
you want to learn about the Incas maybe
go spend like I'd say like four days to
a week around Cusco because there's so
many day trips you can do around the
area to do neighboring ruins and towns
and markets like there's just so much to
see there and the cool thing too is to
hike the Inca Trail because you see so
many different ruins
aside from Machu Picchu alone yeah I
would say even like far more impressive
and there are no crowds along the way
that's one thing that's surprised us
like we got to see all these ruins but
there was no one there
Matthieu Picchu number four friendly
people Peruvians are very friendly
people yeah I have to say we've probably
had our most friendly guide of all time
with rocks 'nor who was with was it with
action trek Peru action for etrex matrix
yeah yeah you took her he took us and my
parents yeah and he's just one of the
nicest guy it's so friendly so
knowledgeable so warm so welcoming and
we found that a lot of locals are like
that
we've always felt very welcome in Peru
yes and I find that people are very
helpful like if you're looking a little
lost or disoriented like people will
offer to help you and like stop and shy
so I feel like Peruvians are very warm
and open in that regard yeah and also I
should mention just like our YouTube
community and like all our Korean
subscribers like you guys are still
engaged know you guys have women you
guys are the best like seriously Peru is
one of her first breaks on our YouTube
channel like three years ago it's the
first time we kind of a subtraction with
what we did and every time we've gone
back you guys have been so supportive
and this series has been even exceeded
our expectations we add words and we
really appreciate like all the comments
with suggestions you guys leave like you
should
some of you guys leave such detailed
suggest yeah where to where to go to eat
also what to eat at that particular
point and that's so awesome because it's
not just for us it's for anyone who
reads those comments so we really
appreciate it
yeah we use your comments to plan our
trip we do we do
another reason we love Peru the markets
and the shopping absolutely especially
you so there's some incredible souvenirs
you can pick up yeah basically anything
made from alpaca wool it's just
beautiful you can get sweaters ponchos
and there's such cool unique souvenirs
that you can pick up and prove one of
the coolest things is the the chess sets
you have one of them yeah okay yeah so
it's like a game of chess and but it's
the Incas versus the Spaniard yeah the
chess pieces are so unique you've also
got really colourful wallets and bags
and purses
yes and I've also got a mention going to
proving supermarkets that's my favorite
okay an addiction TM supermarket knife
again we've made a whole video about
that we went to Wong foo per market I
will say if you're a foodie and you want
to bring back some Peruvian spices or
like Peruvian powder juices or sauces
you should visit a supermarket and just
stock up on a lot of dry things and
you're like vacuum seal things that you
can take back home that's a really good
tip number six affordability so we found
Purdue to be very affordable basically a
lot of fine dining experiences we can go
out and find mains for between like
eight fifteen US dollars
we found taxi rides to be reasonable bus
rides between cities are fairly
reasonable and so Peru is a fairly
budget friendly destination overall so
having traveled in South America and
visited a few different countries we can
say that Peru is definitely one of the
cheaper destinations yeah like we were
paying a lot more money in places like
Argentina Argentina Chile number seven
the country is set up for tourism and
what I mean by that is that it's very
easy to get around and as a traveler you
have a lot of options so for example
with transportation you can basically
crisscross the country by bus by plane
or
by train and even with the buses you
have VIP buses and you also have the hop
on hop off buses where you can get off
on destinations along the way you don't
like take your variable time backpacking
yeah there's also a lot of really good
hotels there's a lot of good tour
operators as well a lot of people who
speak both Spanish in English you've got
a lot of different options to arrange
your trip and yeah I just feel like the
country really does tourism well number
eight it's a country that you can keep
revisiting and we are the perfect
example of that because we keep going
back we keep coming back because there's
just so much to do it's not one of those
countries where you do one two or three
things and yeah I've seen at all and
proves there's just so much more to do
for instance we haven't been to arequipa
the White City we haven't been to Juarez
which is apparently some of the most
beautiful hiking and Senor yeah there's
just so much we haven't done in Peru
yeah and so yeah we're already like
thinking about our next trip right we're
here we go next exactly yeah no that's
very true I feel like a lot of people
who are traveling to Peru for the first
time and they're short on time they'll
usually do a few days in Lima go to
Cusco Machu Picchu done yeah there's so
much more to the country than that yeah
even like I feel like we've spent maybe
a month on our longest trip and we
traveled around but we still only
covered like a fraction of what there is
to see and do there so I feel like
follow-up trips are totally possible in
Peru
yeah and there's just different regions
you can explore you can focus on
particular regions and there's a lot to
do in each of those places number nine
climate and weather we think the weather
is great for real I mean we're Canadian
yes I will say we are coming from Canada
where we have some extremes especially
in winter so whenever we've traveled to
Peru and it's winter we find that people
are like oh it's so cold it's 14 degrees
in the coast
really wonderful wearing t-shirt we
found the temperatures to be really mild
and consistent day after day like
especially a place like Lima or even if
you go to the mountains like it gets
warm by the middle of the afternoon even
at school in the morning and at night
yeah I mean the one exception to that
rule would be in the jungle where it can
get really hot yeah all the time but a
lot of the country though has really
reasonable temperature yeah and if
you're coming from somewhere that's cold
like us you really appreciate it be
great yeah I will mention in Lima you
usually wake up to like foggy skies and
you think oh my gosh is it gonna be like
this all day long by the morning you're
usually seeing sun it's like oh that's
to use quite quickly yes one of the most
dramatic shifts it's like yeah I can't
see anything out the window and suddenly
it's like yeah it's you're perfect and
also in the Sierras like it might feel a
little cooler in the mornings on the
evenings but then by midday you're like
walking around in a t-shirt yeah and you
just like using your own pocket
wondering get where it's it's it's a
place where you dress in layers and yeah
just take things off as it gets warmer
during the day so yeah you think the
weather is great the weather is
fantastic and last but not least reason
number 10 while we keep coming back to
Peru and why we love Peru is just as we
have family there do that family and
it's so cool because it's some of the
like only extended family I have outside
of North America so being able to get
close to your relatives in South America
it's pretty lucky to marry into a half
Peruvian family yeah exactly and we've
been going back a few times now we did a
teaching practicum there your aunt
hosted us your grandma's hosted us on
another trip yeah again they hosted us
one more times so we feel very welcome
yeah and it just gives us that
connection to the country yeah it's
another reason to keep coming back like
I mean we mentioned there's so much
still left to see for us in Peru but for
us family also is that pool to keep
going back and spending more time yeah
exactly and it's also meet Lima feel
about like a home base like whenever we
go there we settle into these really
cool routines I get jogging we have
favorite restaurants yeah and we go to
our favorite supermarkets and Slow very
familiar it's very familiar and also
very comfortable too so yeah there you
have it
those are our 10 reasons why we love ooh
and now we're curious to hear from you
if you've been to Peru or if you're from
Peru let us know what are some of the
reasons why you love your country and
you feel a proud of your country
we'd love to hear from you let us know
in the comments below so yeah we hope
you enjoyed this short little video and
that's actually it for a Peru series for
now we're back in Canada but we have a
cool Chuck coming up here in Canada
where are we doing we're doing over
doing a road trip of yeah British
Columbia yeah I home province yeah I
haven't been to my home province in over
12 years so super pumped about that
we're gonna making a lot of videos a
road trip video the dogs coming your
parents are coming so yeah stay tuned
for our Canadian road trip and we'll see
you soon with more videos on our Channel