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Jun 23, 2011, 12:56 pm
Here is an article from a few weeks ago that I wrote about the elections but never had the time to post it.
It's been less than one week now and many Peruvians are still recovering from the shock of Ollanta Humala's victory over Keiko Fujimori for the coveted seat of power. A total upset victory ... Comment - Like
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Jun 15, 2011, 11:12 pm
I found this rather cool video that was taken by Thermikfresser of his paragliding flight over Miraflores. This video gives a great impression of what its like to fly over Lima's coast and might be enough to encourage those who have been reluctant to give it a try.
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Jun 3, 2011, 6:36 pm
Last night was brutual in terms of taking photos of both end-of-campaign rallies. I had found out about the events at roughly noon yesterday while waiting to be transported to an English class in Lurin, Peru (which ended up being cancelled mid route). There was literally no time available to pl... Comment - Like
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Jun 2, 2011, 11:59 am
This is a photo I took a month ago of this beautiful (at least in my opinion) house which was just across from the Estadio Nacional in Jesus Maria. What drew my attention to this building was it´s wonderful big balcony just above the main entrance. The way it was designed for being a hous... Comment - Like
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Jun 1, 2011, 2:38 pm
Since working at LivinginPeru.com I have done a lot of photography of special events and Lima's nightlife but last Sunday I got my first big break when I was sent to cover the presidential debate. This was my first real assignment covering a news/political related event, and it was awesome!Â... Comment - Like
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May 25, 2011, 12:19 pm
Here is a photo that was taken last night while I was shooting the Tricky (former member of the group Massive Attack) concert in the upscale Miraflores nightclub, Gotica (located in Larcomar). The event lasted about an hour and a half but for me flew by in a matter of minutes.
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May 24, 2011, 5:56 pm
I know this is probably old news but I absolutely love this video and just wanted to share it. It's interesting to see a country as a brand but apparently PromPeru believes that Peru can be marketed in such a way. What are your thoughts on this approach and what could it mean for the future of t... Comment - Like
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May 24, 2011, 5:47 pm
Some photos from the popular cajón festival that takes place every year in Lima to celebrate the lively and upbeat percussion sounds of the wooden cajón (it's basically a box with a hole in the back, simple yet wonderful). The event is amazing because it's open to anyone who is a fan of the inst... Comment - Like
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May 3, 2011, 10:44 pm
That's right, I was at work yesterday when we received a phone call from RPP news (a national radio station for those who don't know), who were interested in interviewing some Americans to get their perspective on the recent death of long sought after terrorist, Osama Bin Laden. At 11:45 they show... Comment - Like
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Apr 23, 2011, 10:29 pm
Just like all over the world Peru being a very religious, like many Latin American countries, has been celebrating the holy week and boy has there been a turn out. Downtown (Cercado) Lima was literally packed with thousands of devote (at least during the religious holidays, that is) Catholics who ... Comment - Like
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Apr 21, 2011, 10:05 pm
Today marked the first day of a long over due vacation (granted it's unpaid), with plans of nothing more to do than lying around the house watching movies and hanging out with my family. In theory it seemed like a fail proof plan with little that could possibly get in the way, but boy was I wrong.... Comment - Like
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Apr 19, 2011, 5:44 pm
Just saw this on the internet a few minutes ago. The Lima photo event was started last year apparently and has returned for it's second year along with a photo competition for any interested photographer who would like to enter one of their works. The Spanish oil company Repsol is sponsoring the... Comment - Like
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Apr 12, 2011, 5:43 pm
I saw this video on Facebook today and wasn't the least bit surprised at what I saw. The video is old (posted in 2008) and shows just how bad traffic can get in the capital city of Peru. There may be laws that supposedly enforce traffic but when the police don't even follow them how can you expe... Comment - Like
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Apr 3, 2011, 10:57 pm
So a few weeks ago a bunch of my co-workers, Ryan, and I headed out to the famous Plaza San Martin in downtown Lima to produce a small film about the highly underrated nightclubs. I personally had no clue that there even existed nightclubs in the Plaza, aside from the well known bars and pubs. S... Comment - Like
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Apr 3, 2011, 9:26 pm
If you have been checking this website since early last month (which you probably haven't) then you may have noticed a lack of articles being posted. Â I would normally blame this sort of behavior on good ole procrastination but luckily I actually a good excuse this time! Â As most of you don't know... Comment - Like
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Feb 27, 2011, 4:50 pm
Saw this really well put together video by limafotolibre.com. The video shows footage of many Limeños celebrating day of the dead at Santa Rosa de Lima cemetery in Chorrillos. The photos used in the video were taken November of 2010. Comment - Like
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Feb 19, 2011, 8:56 pm
If you live in Lima you definitely won't want to miss this event. More details to come.... Comment - Like
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Feb 19, 2011, 8:37 pm
It's February here in Lima and for those living below the Equator's belt it's summertime, but Marco you say "what makes summer in February so special?" The answer is simple my loyal readers, CARNIVAL! Now I'm not going to go into detail about carnival in Lima just yet but I have managed to find ... Comment - Like
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Feb 16, 2011, 6:04 pm
When work is scarce for the average English teacher/father to be, there tends to be few options with which to occupy your vast free-time and when boredom verges on insanity thats when most men turn to baking....well probably not most men at least. Â Ah yes baking the age-old male practice of merging... Comment - Like
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Feb 5, 2011, 10:30 pm
Well Zdenka spent the past week in the hospital all thanks to her wonderful screw-up of a gynecologist who through his several years of incompetence and blatant negligence spent the past few months of consults merely checking the babies heartbeat, measuring mommies stomach and taking her blood press... Comment - Like
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Jan 30, 2011, 9:55 am
The blog Una Lima Que Se Fue is a vault full wonderful artifacts from Lima's past. As the city of Lima continues to evolve the relics of a beautiful city slowly begin to erode from sight. Thankfully this website is doing what few others have attempted and that is archiving the cities history and... Comment - Like
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Jan 30, 2011, 9:16 am
Tom Filipowicz in Chiclayo gives us the rundown on the popular Amazonian destination of Iquitos.
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Back in the forties and early fifties the movie houses always showed ‘news shorts’ before the main feature. Frequently there were 30 second c... Comment - Like
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Jan 28, 2011, 12:11 pm
Yesterday in order to kill the boredom of being under house arrest (not literally) I decided to cook lunch for the two of us. Work is totally awful this month and I have been stuck in perpetual vacation status until further notice and while that might not sound so bad you should probably tak... Comment - Like
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Jan 25, 2011, 12:24 pm
Since I arrived in Lima I have been taking photos like crazy of anything and everything that best captures life in the big coastal city.  When I'm not on the streets I spend quite a bit of time searching the web for Limeñans and Peruvians who share a similar passion for photography and art, fortun... Comment - Like
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Jan 20, 2011, 7:06 pm
Today was a very full day with the trip to the Peruvian immigration office in Breña (conveniently located a block from Zdenka's parents house) to pick up our new Peruvian passports, followed by a trip to downtown Lima to pick up our OFFICIALLY translated marriage certificate (so much paperwork for ... Comment - Like
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Jan 18, 2011, 8:10 pm
I'm back from my extensive holiday vacation and while I blame some of my disregard for this blog on the gorgeous summer weather, I know that my massive procrastination is also at fault. Let me just start by saying how much I am looking forward to my baby Rosemary being born. Zdenka and I are pra... Comment - Like
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Dec 24, 2010, 12:43 am
The summer sun shines bright and warm while everyone is dressed in shorts, flip-flops, skirts, and tank tops. Crowded beaches complete with colorful bikinis, fresh crisp and clean ceviche, ice cold beers, and ice cream. School is out and so are the children endlessly roaming the streets like str... Comment - Like
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Dec 22, 2010, 10:39 pm
Last Saturday I had agreed to help paint one of the bathrooms at Zdenka's parents home in Breña (a task which turned out to be more trivial than I had anticipated). The day was perfect, the sun was out and the sky was clear as far as the eye could see. I took a colectivo as I normally do howeve... Comment - Like
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Dec 21, 2010, 9:58 pm
Well things have been a little slow around here mostly due to the holidays but to keep you entertained until I finish some the projects I have been working on please enjoy this hilarious song.
As most of you know the "political correctness" movement has really progressed over the last 10 years... Comment - Like
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Dec 16, 2010, 7:25 am
I was on Chase Jarvis's awesome blog today and I saw a video posted where famous actor Kevin Spacey explains to what seem to be students about what it takes to achieve our goals in life. Very motivational words!
The video is short but well worth a watch. I highly recommend it! Comment - Like
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Dec 8, 2010, 8:45 am
Last Sunday was Zdenka's youngest brother's first communion at their church in Breña. Just like many things related to religion this was something new to me, something I had never experienced before and it was very interesting to witness. According to Wikipedia (which is probably not a great so... Comment - Like
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Dec 2, 2010, 8:22 pm
Plaza San Martin
Originally uploaded by marcomendoza136Here is a photo that was taken last Sunday while Zdenka and I were having a late breakfast at some cafe in the famous Plaza San Martin, located in the heart of Downtown Lima (officially known as Cercado de Lima).
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Nov 24, 2010, 10:05 pm
Last weekend Zdenka and I went to a well known clinic in Jesus Maria called "INPPARES", which is an acronym for Instituto Peruano de Paternidad Responsable or Peruvian Institute of Responsible Paternity. The clinic is popular in Lima mostly for testing pregnancy and paternity, aside from other thi... Comment - Like
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Nov 17, 2010, 10:40 pm
As I write this email I am still taken back by the powerful words in travel photographer David duChemin's recent post about the reality of human existence. "Life is too short", the title of one of his latest posts on his popular photography blog sends a strong and awakening message of the uncertai... Comment - Like
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Nov 17, 2010, 9:58 pm
Chickens
Originally uploaded by marcomendoza136Here is a recent photo I took last week. This photo was taken at an urban chicken farm well within the brick and concrete confines of Lima's old city center. In the city it's not uncommon to find many people who raise livestock within their prop... Comment - Like
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Nov 17, 2010, 8:50 am
Special thanks to blogger Juancho over at Camina El Autor, for posting this video made by PBS he discovered recently. The film is from the PBS TV show "A Moment of Luxury" hosted by Bill Stubbs, which has visited Lima to highlight some of the cities beautiful interiors of some of it's oldest build... Comment - Like
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Nov 14, 2010, 10:17 am
Once upon a time there was this guy who came to Peru to visit his father who unknowingly met a girl and got married....what was I talking about again....oh right PIE! Married life is definitely interesting because you discover that things you once never did are now the things you spend time doing,... Comment - Like
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Nov 11, 2010, 10:43 pm
This beautiful photo above was taken in Toledo, Spain by La Asociación Fotográfica de Toledo or the Photographic Association of Toledo. What makes the photo even more amazing is that it's not the work of a sole skilled photographer but 50 skilled photographers from Toledo!
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Nov 10, 2010, 4:57 pm
One of my favorite Peruvian blogs written by Vladimir Velasquez called "Una Lima Que Se Fue" or "A Lima That Once Was", has recently posted a video from the popular Peruvian TV show "A La Vuelta de La Esquina". The video shows beautiful footage of some of Lima's most famous and oldest mansions alo... Comment - Like
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Nov 6, 2010, 6:53 pm
While on Flickr.com the other day I saw a photo taken by Peruvian photographer Christian Vinces, which illustrated how thieves/burglars use their own form of hieroglyphic-esque code to identify potential targets. As the photo shows below this is done on the target home/building itself usually with... Comment - Like
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Nov 5, 2010, 10:17 pm
Here is a small compilation of photos that were taken a few weekends ago. Zdenka and I got up about 7:30 on a Sunday to head on down to the beach right in front of Miraflores Tennis Club. The weather was overcast and a bit chilly but that didn't seem to keep several Limeñans from donning their ... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2010, 9:34 pm
Yesterday marked the beginning of the annual art exhibition Noche de Arte which was created and is run by the US Embassy Association of Lima. The goal of this art exhibition for the past years has been to promote Peru's art culture, this is done through the support of over 400 local artists ... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2010, 8:15 pm
Today while reading one of my favorite local photography blogs PeruFotoLibre, I came across this YouTube video about Photojournalism in Mexico. The video is in Spanish but the photographs are amazing and well worth a look in my opinion.
Watching it makes me want to dedicate even more time to... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2010, 2:45 pm
I found this rather cool promotional video put together by the Spanish bank BBVA, who is owner and operator of the Peruvian bank Banco Continental. The video is about an educational program that was created a few years ago by BBVA to help promote reading in Peru, which would help to increase the l... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2010, 2:39 pm
These were but a few of the photos that I took during the week which I manage by lugging around my camera along with all my teaching supplies. The fact that Lima is such a busy and active city makes it a perfect place for street photography, as each day provides something new to photograph.
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Oct 20, 2010, 12:13 pm
It´s 6am in the morning as the sun slowly rises over the Pacific, meanwhile in the district of Chorrillos the first wave of people have crawled out of their dwellings in a zombie state, barely ready to take on the arduous work week. The street lights have just turned off and the various street ve... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2010, 9:12 pm
Lima like many large cities all over the world are reservoirs of cultural, historical, artistic, and visual wealth for the traveling photographer, yet one major pain about most large cities is figuring out how to get from point A to point B. For many this could mean a ride in a taxi cab (of which ... Comment - Like
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Oct 7, 2010, 2:43 pm
The second installment of what is possibly the best independent filmed short series ever, has finally been released! As always this one is just a funny as the first.
English Teachers - Episode 2 "(Un)equilibrium" from Nameless Media and Productions on Vimeo. Comment - Like
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Oct 6, 2010, 1:04 am
Since election day last Sunday the news media has been covering the ballot counting and the possibility of election fraud. The allegations and rumors floating around in Lima currently suggest that the right-wing (derechista) candidate Lourdes Flores with the support of the political parties UN-PPC... Comment - Like
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Oct 4, 2010, 11:58 pm
Over the past few months Peruvians have been caught up in the political fever that has swept the nation. In every department of Peru political talk and campaigns have been at the forefront of social interest. Citizens in each district of the 24 departments (including the constitutional ... Comment - Like
Hi, I am a college grad who has escaped life in the US to live and work in Lima, Peru. I like photography, outdoors activities, sports, drinking, parties, dancing, pretty much anything fun and/or new. My blog is about my life in another country and I spend most of my time posting pictures and articles from my day to day life.
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