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2012 Says: Hatha yoga is practiced in a group setting (free) every Friday 11:00-13:00 at restaurant Ganímedes. The yoga leader requires that you be a vegetarian in order to participate. There is also a yoga/astrology/esoteric study session Tuesdays 19:30-21:30 (but expect it to start...
lichinga Says: The border crossing at Aguas Verdes/Huaquillasis an astonishing experience. First of all, one must know the Ecuadorians (well,the military men in Ecuador, not really rthe common people and not even remotelythe indigenous people) are still quarreling about the exact position...
lichinga Says: Driest climate, sun, sand, salty breeze from the Ocean.... this is the result! The desert area around Piura, Chiclayo and Paita is rich in zoological findings! Cows, small ruminants, birds, seagulls, turtles: their skulls may be found in the sands, perfectly cleaned and may...
Hospedaje Caroline: Great, inexpensive hostel
2012 Says: 13 soles per night or 70 soles a week for spacious rooms
Hospedaje Caroline: Inexpensive
anpu2012 Says: I recommend because it is 13 soles per night or 70 soles per week for private single rooms with shared bathroom. All customers are Peruvians, as are staff. You get a spacious room which opens onto a small balcony. You might get an extra twin bed even if you are solo. Each...
Yes, this is the main avenue...
lichinga Says: Yes, this is the main avenue of La Legua, a small rural centre on the way from Piura to Catacaosb. There are alot of places to eat here, it would be difficult to say it's a jst to have lunch in a village like this, more than 30°C outside, lot of powder around, but the...
lichinga Says: You can reach Piura by airplane or by bus. In both cases, emotions will be waiting for you. In the case of the travel by road, well, 1,000 km along the Peruvian coast are ikely to be not completely quiet. In the case of an air trip, the airplane to Piura will stop at...
lichinga Says: Within the Comunidad Campesina, comuneros are organized in co-operatives and UCP (Unidades Comunales de Produccion). While the co-operatives had already received their lands since the initial stages of the irrigation programme, the UCP were commonly entitled to remoter...
Armed robbery by taxis and mototaxis
2012 Says: In Piura, as in the rest of Peru, you should write down the license plate number of a taxi (or mototaxi) before you get inside, as taxi drivers sometimes drive you to an abandoned area and rob you or signal to another taxi driver to pull him over (to arrange for you to be...
2012 Says: Bring sunglasses and shorts! The weather here is wonderful throughout the year, with warm weather and sun. Mosquitos are rarely a nuisance, so you needn´t really worry about bringing repellent. Fly spray would be a better purchase, as some restaurants are have flies plaguing...
Most of the comuneros used to...
lichinga Says: Most of the comuneros used to be seasonal workers in the large landlord cotton plantations. Part of them were entitled to pieces of land after the Agrarian Reform, but they had to face a couple of serious problem. First: the water, the irrigated area were still under the...
This is how the desert looks...
lichinga Says: This is how the desert looks like before water flows in. This is the land the UCP are entitled after the Agrarian Reform, as you can easily imagine these areas are not suitable for farming without previous heavy investments. The banking system - as it acts all over the world...
A very large area around Piura...
lichinga Says: A very large area around Piura is irrigated since the end of 1800, with huge pumps catching the waters from the canals bringing the waters of San Lorenzo river some 40 km away at the basis of the Andes. The area was traditionally controlled by large landowners, until the...
lichinga Says: When traditional farming techniques ahve been lost for a couple of generations, financial resources are scarce and political conjuncture acts against the comuneros empowerment, some basic mistakes may appear. In the case of Catacaos area, as the picture shows, the most...
lichinga Says: The second problem was the identification of alternative crops and the way they can be managed is not easy at all. Cotton martket is totally controlled by foreign interest and a couple of local oligopolists, so that a peasant household could never rely for their survival on...
lichinga Says: Once in seven year, as an average, rains appear, and they are devastating. They inundate the flat land, and drainage is not easy at all given the low gradient between Piura and the sea. "El Niño" is the name which is commonly given to this phenomena. The consequences of "El...
Piura: so dry you can't imagine!
lichinga Says: Piura is in the middle of one of the driest areas in the World.Average rains are lower than 50 mm/year, but it would be easier to say there's no rain at all, other than the years 'El Niño' appears. In this flat sandy area, irrigated agriculture is practised since the...
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Q: HI I'm going to Piura next summer and just wondered if you know of any bus companies I could contact?? I'm not a keen on air...
A: Cruz del Sur Ormeño You may want to have a look at my Peru transportation page for more info and websites.
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So many good pages about Peru! So many wonderful locations I never had the time to visit during my 4/5 journeys to Peru! But what I want to talk you about is rural Peru . By and large there are...
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Piura is one of Peru's oldest colonial towns. It is quite hot there and very dry. The town square is pleasant and many of the people that live in Piura have lived there all of their lives. The locals...
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THE ULTIMATE HAND CRAFT TOWN... BEATIFUL CERAMIC AND WOOD STUFF AND THE CHEAPEST YOU'LL EVER FIND I, PARTICULARLY, LOVE BRNGING BACK STUFF THAT REALLY SPEAK ABOUT THE PLACE I'VE BEEN... CATACAOS...
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