The Second Tongue: Communicating in a bilingual relationship

                                          

I haven’t a clue what you are saying.

Que me dijiste?

What did you say?

No te entiendo. Que dices?

I don’t understand. Please repeat.

That’s not what I meant at all.

These are parts of dialogues from couples suffering from “The Second Tongue.”

http://www.livinginperu.com/features-1105-art-culture-lifestyle-second-tongue-communicating-bilingual-relationship

Personal Safety in Peru: A Few Tips

23 November, 2009 21:08:59

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Personal Safety in Peru: A Few Tips

By Walter Raffo

This week LivinginPeru.com brings Walter Raffo's monthly safety article, with a theme of general tips on personal safety.

Whether or not you are a tourist in Peru, living in any of its major cities or towns, or planning on visiting this beautiful country in the future, this is an article that you need to read.

Learn all about what to do in various situations, such as taking a taxi, crossing the street, while out to eat, or while walking around by reading further!

When carrying a bag or a purse
• Try not to carry a large, a smaller one is easier to protect

• Carry it in the front of your body, so your body will protect it.

• Make sure that the zipper is closed; it will help to avoid falling items while walking

• Choose low profile items, never something that would be too luxurious for street walking.

• In crowed situations, embrace your bag or purse with both arms and move fast.

When waiting for a taxi on the street
• Never take the first or second one

• If it is a yellow or company cab the better

• Look at the driver straight to eyes while bargaining for the fare

• Make a quick assessment of the driver and the car

• If it is a station wagon, make sure that the rear part is clean and empty

• Take the back seat behind the driver

• Lock all doors and close windows, leaving enough space to get air, but not for anyone to open the door

At a street intersection
• Avoid being in the first line while waiting to cross, it may help to avoid accidents

• Watch out for bag snatchers or muggers who take advantage of the crowd

• Follow the traffic signs or the police instructions

• Try to cross the street quickly but safely, walk fast but with a firm step

On the street
• Make a mental plan how to get to your destination

• If there is no specific destination, remain alert in regards to your surroundings

• Make unexpected turns or change velocity in order to notice if somebody else is doing the same

• Go into stores and walk out immediately for the same reason.

• Always play safe and do not trust strangers.

• Ask for the same directions to two or three different persons and find out if their descriptions match.

While in a restaurant or bar
• Prudently try not to sit too close to the entry door or the end of the room

• If you sit facing the entry door the better, it will help to keep visual control of it.

• Keep your belongings within sight, and your purse locked to the table (most restaurants in Lima offer this service)

• Make a quick assessment of the staff at the restaurant or bar, and memorize the waiter’s name and physical aspect.

• Engage in what you are doing, but remain alert
http://www.livinginperu.com/features-1008-society-personal-safety-peru-few-tips

"I'm sick and tired of being considered as the worst team" says Peru's soccer player Juan Vargas

Peruvian soccer player Juan Vargas said today “This has been a very bad year for Peru. There is no inferiority complex here, but it is better that the qualifiers comes finally to an end. All this talking is damaging for the national team. It is better to be quiet and just play these two remaining games (against Argentine and Bolivia) and get back to our clubs", said "El Loco" (“The Insane”) at the press conference at Videna.


"The truth is that we are not well rated anywhere. We are the worst, the losers in South America. I am sick and tired of being treated like this", added Vargas.

Juan Manuel said also that Peruvian footballers need to be more confident if they want to succeed in their careers.

He finally said he does not care if the River Plate Stadium is full for Saturday match "because I like to play like this at visit".

Have other topics you'd like to see in our news section? If you or someone you know would like to contribute a news article to Living in Peru, whether it's translated or based on a personal investigation, send it to editor@livinginperu.com.

Peru's Machu Picchu ruins included in WMF list of endangered monuments

The World Monuments Fund (WMF), announced the 2010 World Monuments Watch list, and the famous Peruvian Machu Picchu ruins are included in it.


According to the WMF report, the stone structures and platforms, which have withstood the ravages of time, wars and earthquakes, are now vulnerable because of the constant and significant increase in visits and the urbanization of surrounding areas.
http://www.livinginperu.com/news-10304-artculturehistory-perus-machu-picchu-ruins-included-wmf-list-endangered-monuments
 

Peru: Fujimori Sentenced to Six Years in Jail

The Special Court at the Supreme Justice Court found former Peru's President Alberto Fujimori guilty of the charges of irregular purchase of a media company, bribing congressmen, and wiretapping politicians, journalists and other public personalities, and sentenced him to six years of jail.
http://www.livinginperu.com/news-10244-breaking-news-peru-alberto-fujimori-sentenced-six-years-jail

The Truth About AN1H1 in Peru

AN1H1 flu or "Swine" flu has been making news and causing widespread concern for several months. This week, LivinginPeru.com has an excellent article from Ryan Maves M.D., a doctor who works at the U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Detachment (NMRCD). Because much of the news about AN1H1 has been sensationalized by the media, Dr. Maves article goes a long way in explaining how AN1H1 and influenza in general should be regarded by private citizens and the measures being taken by those in the health care industry to combat it. Like any illness, AN1H1 should be taken seriously, but Dr.Maves concludes that AN1H1 is manageable and isn't a reason to fear traveling to Peru or any other country in the world. To find out more,click on http://www.livinginperu.com/features-822-health-medicine-influenza-peru-an-overview

LAN Surprises Tourists with $178.50 Fee

Imagine that you are about to take the vacation of a lifetime. Despite the demands of a busy work schedule and the difficulties of the current economic recession, you've managed to somehow scrape together both the time and the money necessary to travel to Peru and visit the greatest of the world's wonders: Machu Picchu. You're on a tight budget, but you've made it to Peru and you're standing at the Jorge Chavez International airport waiting to board your flight to Cusco when the LAN representative says, "I'm sorry, but you have to pay another $178.50 or we're not letting you get on the plane."


What do you do? You aren't exactly in a position to argue. Chances are your boss back in America or Europe or wherever you're from expects you back on the office on Monday morning, and if you don't catch this flight to Cusco now, you're never going to see the miraculous lost city.

Unfortunately, this is exactly what's been happening to tourists as result of a new LAN policy that went into effect for tickets purchased after September 1st.

Confused? Well, let me back up.

You see, for a long time, everybody's known that LAN has a much cheaper ticket available from Lima to Cusco for residents of Peru. To verify this, simply go to the LAN website and do a search for a flight. Here is a screen shot when you do a search for Lima-Cusco on September 30th as a resident of the USA click on: http://www.livinginperu.com/features-891-art-culture-lifestyle-lan-surprises-tourists-with-178-50-fee