Trying to explain causa rellena to my mom back in Ohio. "So it's like a cold potato casserole with chicken salad, but also yellow pepper?" She hung up. Final Entry (For Now) Peru isn’t for everyone. The altitude will humble you. The traffic will rage you. The bureaucracy will make you scream into a pillow.
Next week: “Why I spent $200 on alpaca sweaters and don’t regret a single sol.” ¡Hasta luego, causita! PeruGuy-s Account
Day of the Dead. Went to the cemetery in Ayacucho. A mariachi played Contigo Perú while a family painted their abuelo’s tombstone. I cried into my pan de muerto . Trying to explain causa rellena to my mom back in Ohio
But if you open an account here—if you deposit your patience, your curiosity, and your appetite—the interest rate is infinite. The altitude will humble you
Somewhere between getting lost in the San Pedro Market in Cusco and watching the sunrise over the Rainbow Mountain, I realized I wasn't a tourist anymore. I was a resident of the magic.
That was six years ago.
Welcome. If you’ve stumbled onto this page, you probably know me as PeruGuy —the gringo who traded his office chair for a chullo and hasn’t shut up about ceviche since 2018.