Want to travel on the cheap? Love to explore cool places, but on a beer budget? Learn how to travel like a local & save a bunch. Here’s how…
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Our Daily Life in Lima, Peru
This post is to give a small glimpse into what life is like when we stay in Peru. We’ve been staying with Yrma’s sister, who has a small apartment upstairs from their home in Pueblo Libre. It’s tiny, but completely functional, and it leads to the roof where we can hang laundry to dry, or just hang out in the sun (when it’s shining.)
6 Basic (but critical) Tips for Better Blogging
Although I’m relatively new to the blogging world, I’m no stranger to writing. The following tips are what I have learned from successful bloggers mixed with a few practical ideas of my own.
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Letters to Paige (9 Lessons for a better life)
This post is dedicated to my grandchildren, the oldest of whom is Paige. Hence, the title. We live far away from each other, but so many times every day, my mind slips to them & I wonder how they are & what they are doing. This letter & series of letters is to offer the wisdom of my short time on earth.
In times past, the elders of the tribe or clan were held in great esteem. Oftentimes, just to have survived to an old age was nothing short of miraculous. There were many pestilential diseases such as polio & smallpox. A simple infection that today would merit nothing more but a short course of antibiotics could oftentimes be fatal. Wild animals, accidents, starvation, all these could end life at an early age…
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Incident at JuanJui (It’s No Fun to be a Hostage)
Whenever I talk of South America, and our time in Peru, I often hear “Don’t you worry about being kidnapped or robbed?” To tell the truth, I had never had any problems whatsoever in Peru, but there was a memorable incident this past summer that opened my eyes…
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Saving Money on Healthcare in Peru
In the summer of 2010 I herniated a disc in my back, and after 4 painful months of denial & fear, I finally went to see a local doctor. It wasn’t that I don’t like doctors, or that I thought that it would just heal naturally, but rather the worry of how to pay for it kept me away. You see, I had a crappy high deductible ($5,000) health insurance policy, and I knew that an MRI would likely run between $3,000-$5,000 thus would have to be paid out of pocket. Our business had experienced a huge drop off after the 2008 economic crisis & that was a lot of money in the moment. (Still is!) Here’s how I saved a bundle & a list of expenses.
Brew the Perfect Cup o’ Joe
Brew the Perfect Cup
Here are some tips for preparing tasty coffee every time.
10 Things that are different in Peru
Welcome to A Little Further South! This blog post is to introduce you to some of the many little differences between life in the States vs life in Peru. Many are small, many more noticeable, some just plain quirky.