Lima Entertainment

Time in Lima is passing pretty quickly. Just a week and a half ago my friend from Quito, Santiago, arrived and has been staying with me while he completes his own field research. His presence has made the time pass very quickly. We've been keeping each other well entertained. Fortunately he thoroughly enjoys the food in Peru and we've been getting as much as we can before we leave. Of course, there's a fine line between maximizing your consumption of Peruvian food and getting sick of Peruvian food. The pace we are going, it looks like I'll be nearing that threshold before taking off ... which is ideal. It helps that we save these moments for the weekend and have only lapsed once during the week.

For the most part, we are on the same work schedule. I captured some evidence that we are actually working and that I actually have a friend staying with me. No, this is no figment of my imagination - I would never reveal my secrets and post something regarding the life and adventures of Brando, that would be embarrassing (oops, wink).


As a side: I occasionally find images on currency to be interesting. Mostly these images are relatively predictable, ranging from popular heads of states and/or heads of government to famous liberators. However, one image on the Peruvian 10 Sole bill struck me. First of all, I'm no historian---just a political scientist---but I don't recall Peru being particularly well-known for their contribution to aviation. And, by the looks of the image on the bill, this pilot is either really great or is in some real serious danger in the next few seconds.


Why is the plane upside down? Let's assume he's not in the process of crashing. An image like this is generally reserved as the third or fourth image in a series after using the first few images to demonstrate the pilot can fly correctly. Image number one would show the pilot pumping his/her fist from the cockpit during a fly-by. I just don't understand.