All posts tagged: peru

Peru: Buying a folklore suit.

Today we wen´t shopping early morning for a folklore suit, which I had told Elia that I wanted one. We found them in the district of Rimac. At the first picture you see me in my second alpacka poncho, in black n white. We had to look for some time before we found one in the size L. Most people just look at me and say no. Some laugh. Have no idea why. There is a lot of different dresses from all regions in Peru. I choosed the Cusco dress. I really love the falda (skirt) with the colored stripes. the jacket is also a favorite I will wear during the summer in Sweden with a pair of blue jeans. Well, the total outfit isn´t that easy to pull off. Traditional clothing rarely is. The whole outfit costed 150 soles, like 350 sek and 70 dollars? Not exactly correct, but something like that. Supercheap! The mannequins, doesn´t really help do they? Also bought the traditional shoes they wear in the Andes for 7 soles. like 18 …

A photo of yet another boy.

I think this photo came out great and that is why I decided to post it in a post of it´s own. It i Martin, my boyfriend and model for life that are in the hotelroom in Huacca China, the oasis outside Ica. There is no photoediting, it is taken with my Canon 5D Mark iii early morning around 8.00 o ´clock this Monday, before we had American breakfast and left for Lima yet again. These days I am only focusing on my master thesis, that is why I sometimes just lingers on photos, and wish I had some spare time to go out and take some more fantastic photos. Iso 640, f 7,1, and a shutterspead of 1/100.  What is your opinion? Katarina

Länge leve kläderna- i Peru

English down below pics. Skrev i början av min bloggkarriär ett inlägg som jag döpte till ”Länge leve kläderna”. Blev nostalgisk när jag lästa det och tänkte att jag kunde göra en uppföljning på detta inlägget varav denna post är på svenska.  För i detta så pratar jag om min köpomställning till ett hållbarare konsumtionsbeteende. Sen pratar jag även om att jag ska göra en sida om min vintagegarderob, åh ja, ja det blev ju inte av. Skrev däremot ett första inlägg om mina vintageväskor som du kan läsa och titta på bilder om här. Rubriken, Länge leve kläderna, bygger på min filosofi om att vi måste ha kläderna längre och konsumera mindre- vilket jag förespråkar före att köpa nyproducerat ekologisk som strategi. Om kläderna håller längre köper vi också mindre och vips, så minskar miljöbelastningen sådär smart och automatiskt utan att vi egentligen behöver tänka. Men, handen på hjärtat, hur har det nu gått för mig första delen in i 2014? Sådär vill jag ju då säga. Året startade bra med säkert 3 shoppingfria …

Thousands of dolphins stranded and dead in Peru two years ago- remains a mystery?

A couple of years ago thousands of dolphins stranded and died on the coast of Peru and the reason was and remain a mystery. Interviewing Barbara Fraser, environmental reporter in Peru for my thesis, she mentioned the dolphins during the interview, and said that this might remain a mystery. I remember reading about it in a short notice in a Swedish newspaper when it happened, but nothing more than that. Barbara, on the other hand, have written an excellent article to read to be enlightened in the subject. It can be read here. The marine eco system are easily forgotten, might be since we are land animals ourself. But it is important that every now and then think about the seas and what we are doing to them as fishing and oil-drilling. The latter could be the reason to the mass death of the dolphins since they easily get disoriented by sounds. It could also be an enhancement of chemicals, due to the fact that the dolphins are high in the foodchain and by this …

The Nazca lines

Early Sunday morning we wen´t to Nazca. It was an adventure of a lifetime I never forget, mostly due to that I was so close of throwing up on the plane but also that I discovered that what everyone is talking about is true. There is a lot of lines and you can see them. It is mysterious and cool. Take off was okay. Smaller plane means more bumps and jumps, but I was fine. They asked if everybody where ok and at first I had no clue why. A little later I got to find out why. Everytime we passed an important figure they tipped the plane first to the left and then to the right so everybody could see them. This was why you got sick. The Asian girl in front of Martin actually did throw up, not so funny. I had to fight it, but survived even if I thanked God when I was back on ground. Before the trip I longed for it since I really enjoy the desert. It was so …

Nazca forth and back, managed to get plane sick and then wen´t to Huacca China

(Blogging from the phone, photos taken with my iPhone) – photos of nazca will be posted later. We started the day super early. Left the hotel Posada del sol. Very nice stay for a very low price. The hotel was close to plaza de armas in Ica Peru, costed 40 sol for 2 persons (93sek, 14 dollar or 10 euro) and had both shower, comfortable bed, wi-fi and gave us 2 soaps which we now brought to the new hotel in Huacca China, the oasis outside Ica.   Martin walking the empty streets of Ica, 6 o clock On the way we bought some fruit. (Sunday morning) Staying to eat at a blue restaurant returning from Nazca- photos where taken with my DSLR so will post some during the week. The blue restaurant is in Ica, and probably have a name of which I am not familiar with. This is the oasis Huacca China sprung from the legend of a crying princess. Today a backpacker miniparadise where you can eat, sleep, sunbade, swim, climb the …

Turning 15 in Peru – Quinceanera

Just finished editing around 500 pics from a party I attended last weekend. *puh*. Yes I do take a lot of pictures, I know that. Had to empty my computer on old films and audiopieces today since it didn´t fit in to my back-up due to I had to prioritize the films of my interviews with the journalists and so forth. Feels important to back-up these things. But from this I learned that is takes almost one day doing a 500 gb backup. Good to know since I tend to be a time optimist when it comes to these technical computer stuff. Well the 15 year party in Peru is what I believe is something similar to Sweet 16n in USA. I think, I´m not sure, that it has to do with being introduced to the society. This is a girl only event, boys do this when they are 18 if I understand it right, and don´t think that it is half as important then. Well, as shown by the photos it was a biiiig …

The adventure continues (interviewing for my thesis)

Met yet another environmental journalist named Barbara Fraser at the Lighthouse in Miraflores. (As I told yesterday I met Elie Gardner and Oscar Durand, multimedia journalists). A very uplifting conversation took place with a woman of great environmental knowledge and spirit. This interview is part of my master thesis as well. Stay tuned. Afterwards me and Martin had ”lunche” at Larcomar where we came across this fruit. Never had it before. The name is Grenadine. I´m not sure of the spelling, but googled it and came across similar pics so I think I did good. Always trust google right? Will get back to you with a longer photostory of my first Sweet 16n, that is a Sweet 15n in Peru. But now I am totally exhausted and need to process the discoveries of the day. Sleep tight! Katarina Canon 5D, fruit on table, 24-105 mm Canon Lens, no photo ed.

One day full of adventures.

Today I had the most exiting day. In the morning me and Martin and me took the bus to San Isidro to meet up with two environmental journalist, Elie Gardner and Oscar Durand, both with webpages in their name, for an interview for my final project of my studies. I was planning for one hour at the most, but good company made it into 3 hours! So much interesting to talk about and so much stuff for my thesis! Warm and beaten by all interesting talk me and Martin decided for a walk to the nearest restaurant and found 100% recycled sofas on the way. So fun. Of course it was necessary with a photo or two. Canon 5D, 24-105 mm, no photo editing. After a quick lunch at Pizza Hut we stayed in the cat-park once again and shared an ice-cream with this cutie. Meeting up Elia for some Artisan shopping for the family back home, we came across this carnival. So much surprises in Lima. Well we finally found Elia, checked out the Gastronomic …

All these western models.

Nothing wrong of being western or being white, or western white model for the matter. But they are everywhere. Why are they everywhere and why are they in Peru? Is this the last cousin of colonialism? Actually it was Martin who pointed it out. He said something like (but in Swedish) ”I think it is so sad that it is western people on the commercials, it is a bit weird”) The sad thing about the western way of looking is only this, that it is displayed everywhere and that even if the models are Brazilian or Peruvian it is the western looking models as Giselle who are the ones fronting the campaigns. It makes me feel a bit sick. When being in the north, or in the western world, this phenomenon it isn´t as evident to me as it is now. Maybe because in the north, lets say Sweden, there is a lot of western looking people. But here, not so many. So why are they everywhere on buildings then? It feels fake. That is exactly what …

10 things to do in Lima- Post 3- Ceviche

The Ceviche will probably take my life. It is Lemon/Lime and Chili (Rocoto) madness, all the ingredients for something superb. Just look at it. Well back to business, the Times list recommend La Mar, the Astrid u Gaston restaurant for Ceviche where we already went and where the above pic is from. Here it is also possible to by a book or two about the Peruvian cuisine or Ceviche. Ceviche is 8th on the Time- list and you can read about it here. The funny thing about the photo they use is that I have been in Lima for almost two months now and NEVER seen Ceviche that look like that. I might ask someone where to find it. I really wan´t to know where they found this Ceviche. 1. Cebichería La Mar Av. La Mar 770, Miraflores, Lima, Peru; 51-(0)1-421-3365 lamarcebicheria.com borrowed from the Times list. But what is so special about Ceviche anyway? Why does it deserve a fancy prancy name like Ceviche? History The history of Ceviche tells me that it is a fishcourse, yeah well, obviously …