What I have learned in Peru

1). Only the small dogs will attack you. You have nothing to fear whatsoever from the big dogs.

2) "I`ll be there at 5" really means "I`ll be there at 7:30...or 8...or never"

3) Small children absolutely love large, plastic bottles...and drool.

4) That`s not real chocolate.

5) The city sucks, live in the country.

6) Family is really, really, ridiculously important.

7) No matter what combination of keys you use, you will never be able to get the computer to understand that you just want it to type an "at" symbol. Hence, Myspace and Facebook are forever out of reach.

8) Skype is the coolest thing for travelers ever created.

9) Peruvians have no concept of "noise"

10) No matter how poor you are, a ball, a game, and family and friends can make you the richest man in the world.

Oh yeah...and a little Spanish, which is not called "Spanish" but "Castillano." And unless you want to lose your tongue, you´ll call it Castillano.