They are trying to put a law into effect, that if they steal a tourist in Peru, his punishment is twice what the law states: that should tell you something. But Peru is a beautiful country to visit, the dollar has lost 25%, but still good, and the people are warm, most of them.
Unfortunately, in Lima, the thefts have increased, and law and the president is doing little or nothing about him. In Cusco and Machu Picchu, the strikes that delay, the native place obstacles in its path, on the railroad tracks, blocking the runways to stop transport, and do not mind if altered tourism, in fact, that is why they do it, to call government attention: only the attention of businesses.
Inter Bank, a smaller bank in Peru, has a large number of ATMs in any instant, you take your credit card, and tell the transaction does not happen, and did, but received no money, and will be charged, for example if is $ 200. Plus $ 2, so that is $ 202, and will take 45 days to resolve the conflict (if you can find out when the bill comes what happened), and if you back the money, it is not, the trouble is not worth it, I suggest you use other machines, these machines are specifically put to the tourist spots, where Americans and Europeans, Chinese and Japanese visiting (and international law and Visa support them, because you have to use a PIN number, and the benefit of the doubt not considered). The Lima airport taxes should thirty soles (about U.S. $ 10), but they are charging tourists $ 30 +, of dollars. Buses, care, stolen from the area all the time on long trips beyond Lima, and the government has done little about it, ie to stop it.
The armed bandits, and so usually come in groups of four to ten, which put roadblocks in the Andes, and wait for the bus to stop robbing the tourist and take in the nearby villages, not to be found. Unfortunately, not improving with President Garcia, under the last two presidents, it was. I love this country, I have been in Peru nine times, but not share in their idleness, and although its tourism has grown nine times since I arrived here in 1999, his attention to ignorant tourists who have not won more respect. I carry a gun, with permission of course, and rightly so. Taxi drivers will lead them into a corner and there will be two other people on hold is that they steal. Many sometimes not hurt you if you cooperate, so be sure not to go with a taxi company, taxis are known to agree with you, if you do not speak Spanish, you can end up paying dollars instead of plants.
Two other elements, it should be noted. In Peru, they have no right away, as it does in the U.S. and Europe, ie, pedestrians must be very careful when you reach the street corners, and the cross, even on the activation of green light (and when no light is most dangerous), the cars will not stop for you. So many people are hurt and killed here every year because of that, and the law says, basically, writing or not, watch where you go, you take your life in your own hands. In fact, car drivers yelling at you if you do not give them the right away, which feel they deserve, and have made for ages, and can begin purpose. Go to the courts here in Peru, it is like going to the courts in other countries, you can buy the judge as simple as can bribe a police officer.
The last thing to note is: be careful when you exchange. You give the person a ticket exchange hundred dollars, looks, returns saying, "You gave me a bill is wrong," he says, and then asks another, and actually hid the good that you gave, and gave him bad again (a fake one), you probably have an old friend of his to help with the transaction. Now you have a false invoice, You will not be able to pedal off. This happens a lot in Trujillo (northern Peru, in Lima, is also happening, and I hope Cusco, Huancayo, it will be short change you for having manipulated the machinery of the addendum). Many times the police are nearby, but turn their heads when things are happening as such time for a reward. And I tried to talk to the mayor of Trujillo on this taking place on the hundred dollar bills being exchanged by fakers, in the area the square, right in your office, and refused to talk to me about it.
This is something that no travel book will tell you, paying attention and have a nice trip to Peru.
See Dennis’ web site: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com
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