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In these colourful often full of items shops you will everything you might find in a supermarket, but without wide spaces and linear shelfs. I liked to stare at the million of different products they store in these little universes, even I didn't know most of them... Leave a Comment Theme: Food and Drink
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The Pisac market is very attractive, and you can do all your souvenir shopping there in one afternoon.
The Pisac market is at its peak on Sundays, but it still is very interesting on other days as well.
Do not expect to find anything to buy in Iquitos however.
Alpaca scarves, necklaces, T-shirts, pan flutes, rain sticks, carvings (condor grabbing a puma), paintings... Leave a Comment Theme: Local Craft
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Peruvians are a little bit brand (trade mark) crazy, the products they use must have a good name, you buy in stores like especially "Ripley" if you want to be cool ;-). It is a big market chain where you can get everything from clothes to electronic products, probably more or less good quality, but expensive compared with products you buy on countless street markets all over the cities.
Ripley is as well a bank and you can get xour credit card from Ripley as well. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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While visiting Machu Picchu, we stopped for ice cream, and debated about getting a flavor that said "Lúcuma - Choc Chip". I couldn't find the word in my dictionary - but figured it was some kind of marketing term. My ice cream tasted delicious, although it seemed a little more orange-colored than the average vanilla.
Later, I learned that lúcuma is a fruit, one that I'd sampled, actually, without knowing its name. The fruit looks like a small papaya or mango, with a pit in the center and soft, peach-like flesh (in texture, not taste). Very sweet and delicious.
Even more delicious are the desserts made from lucuma. On our last day of our trip, I had a chocolate covered lúcuma mousse-like dessert that truly was one of the most delicious treats I've ever enjoyed.
Now I'm on the hunt for lúcuma here at home...as it's native to Peru. Leave a Comment Theme: Food and Drink
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The market starts in the center of Pisac and extends into the other streets. Sunday is the biggest day. Several VT members found this market overwhelmed with tourists in June, July and August. In May this was not the case. Although this was the second day of our trip I bought alot and had to carry it for weeks, but never found anything equivalent at a lower price. Of course, one has to bargain agressively.
Weavings -- the variety of styles is outstanding. (One caution, the "stuffed wool weaving" style originally from San Pedro de las Cajas, and probably thought of as characteristic of Peru were the exception by not being of particularly high quality or good price in the Pisac market.
More than you "should", less than you will ever regret. Leave a Comment Theme: Local Craft
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There is a whole row of fruit juice stands in the Arequipa market with good looking, clean, friendly ladies who make juices with all kinds of combinations of fruit in front of your very eyes. Each offers a smile and a newspaper for you to read while you enjoy your juice.
Tropical fruit juices from fruit you do not recognize. The Arequipa papaya is unusual. They say it tolerates cold weather.
2 soles more or less depending on what you want. The prices are clearly marked at each booth. So the question really is how much juice you can drink per day, how many newspapers you want to read, and how many days are you going to be in Arequipa? Leave a Comment Theme: Food and DrinkAddress: Arequipa market, downtown.
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Are you looking for something to give every little child you know? I bought 80 knitted finger puppets for the children of my wife's Charter School. Less than 30 cents each (about one sole) except for some of the more intricate ones with 2 figures knitted together. You will have to pick and chose if you wish to not buy lions or camels. Very easy to carry, soft, fit anywhere, can be compressed without damage and can be used to protect fragile items.
Handmade items from as close to the producer as possible.
A pittance for neat handy work. Leave a Comment Theme: Gifts
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No! no! not Inca Kola. Great name but it tastes like a bad blend of bubble gum and cola. Once you have tried it you will realize that it would not serve as a good souvenir. Do you really want a T-shirt with a product which tastes bad and is not much more than a chemical mix of sugar and water. Or do you want a bottle of something that was never good in the first place and does not get better with age.
You are going to Peru, so you will certainly learn of Pisco Sours (Yes, they are called this in Spanish). A bottle of Pisco would be a better souvenir or gift than a bottle of Inca Kola. The name alone will revive good memories. And once you have emptied the bottle, you will know that it is time to return. The empty bottle can be a reminder to plan your next visit to Peru.
For Inca Kola --Not much, but anything is too much. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftDirections: Everywhere fine drinks are sold, and everywhere else as well.
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Peru's cities are full of street markets where everything from produce to guinea pigs are sold. They are not only great places to shop but also offer great photo opportunities.
Fruits are varied and exotic.
Huge papayas for around forty cents. Everything is cheap! Leave a Comment
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In the Juli market I stumbled upon a place where the middlemen and women buy many of the weavings sold in tourist shops in Puno. I was told that some of the production of Juli was even sold on the Uros islands as originals "made on the Uros islands". These ladies have their home production on their backs.
There are various types of weaving in Peru. If you have the time, try to find out which things are actually made in the area you are visiting.
Less than asked for by the vendor. Leave a Comment Theme: Local Craft
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