Rent From $600 a Month in Santiago’s City Districts
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Steve LePoidevin
Santiago, Chile
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Choose Your Adventure: From Role-Playing to a Life in Peru
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An Active, Low-Cost Lifestyle in Resort Town Máncora, Peru
If you’re like most people, you don’t picture palm trees, surfboards, and languid sea turtles when you think of Peru. The country’s mysterious Inca ruins, spectacular rain forests, and soaring mountain vistas already draw tourists. But its long Pacific coastline is not as well known abroad. I recently took an exploratory trip to the northern beach resort town of Máncora...
Good Value and Easy: Overlooked Lima
Few tourists stay in Lima, Peru, for long. For most, the capital city is where you spend a few hours at the airport or bus terminal, waiting for your connection to more rural and picturesque parts of the country. The best-known temptations of this ancient land are farther south. Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Cusco...
Become an Expat: The More You Do It, the Easier It Gets
Moving abroad for the first time seemed overwhelming, especially with two kids in tow. Almost 20 years ago, my wife and I decided to walk away from our comfortable home in rural British Columbia and head for a small village on the coast of Scotland for a year. We were excited about moving to the other side of the pond.
Explore Arequipa’s Colca Canyon, Peru
Most visitors to Peru make a beeline to Machu Picchu, Cusco, or the Sacred Valley. In doing so, they can overlook a site worth visiting: the Colca Canyon. Located near Arequipa, the canyon cuts a 75-mile gorge through the Andes. Outsiders only began to hear about this area after 1981, when a Polish rafting expedition made the first descent of the Colca River. Since then, the canyon and the small valley villages have become one of Peru’s most popular tourist destinations.
The Secret Is Out: How and Where to Retire Well in the Land of the Incas: Part One
Please don’t promote Peru.” It’s a common refrain among expats here when they discover I write for International Living. Peru still remains fairly undiscovered as a retirement destination. And many expats here would like to keep...
The Secrets Is Out: How and Where to Retire Well in the Land of the Incas: Part Two
Cusco and the Sacred Valley of the Incas is a hot spot for expats in Peru. This narrow valley in the Andes stretches over 60 miles along the Urubamba River from Machu Picchu to Pisac. Bordered by mountains, it is a high-altitude...
Beachside Urban Living at its Finest in Peru’s Capital
The smoky aroma of grilled meat in the air is crying for my attention. Too bad I have just finished several freshly made picarones: sweet potato batter swirled into a loop, fried in hot oil, and deftly removed with a long stick before being smothered in honey...