Interesting facts - Peru Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
Some interesting facts about Peuta. It has 400,000 people in it and there are very few paved roads. A lot of it is sand and dirt. So your shoes are going to get very dirty, your face is going to get dirty, that's just going to be part of your life. But another interesting fact about Peuta, it does have the westernmost point in South America and there's a cool lighthouse that you can go there and visit if you want. Also there's a place called Inuro up north on your way to Tumbes where you can swim with sea turtles and hang out with them which is really awesome.
Video 2 Transcript
Did you know that actually the potato comes from Peru? We have more than 100 different kinds of potatoes in Peru, so if you're eating french fries right now, just be grateful they're from Peru. And yeah, that's so so cool. They're not from Idaho, from Peru.
Video 3 Transcript
Interesting fact about Peru, they love their history. So you'll find that a lot of times people might be a little prejudiced towards Chile or something like that because back in the day, I don't know how long ago, Peru lost a chunk of its country to Chile and it actually turned about to be really rich in I believe oil or some sort of metal and some natural ore. And so from that war, the Peruvians kind of have this beef. You'll find like a lot of Latinos remember those wars and kind of base their opinions on them. So yeah, interesting fact.
Video 4 Transcript
Potatoes are a big thing in Peru. Actually, there's a lot of native potatoes. There's actually apparently over 4,000 varieties of potatoes grown in Peru.
Video 5 Transcript
Their favorite soda, Inka Cola, tastes like bubblegum.
Video 6 Transcript
They consider the city of Iquitos an island. Most of the people there will tell you that because it's completely surrounded by water, it's considered an island. And it's essentially true because you can't leave Iquitos by car or by train. You have to fly in or come in by boat because it's completely surrounded by the Nanai River, the Amazon River, and marshlands. So Iquitos is essentially an island in the middle of the rainforest. And the taxis that they take everywhere are called moto taxis. And it's basically half of a motorcycle, the front half of a motorcycle, with a little wagon behind it that you and some other people can sit in. And that is the most common way to get around in Iquitos.
Video 7 Transcript
So an interesting fact that I have, Peru and Arequipa actually tried to secede from Peru, the country, and generally create its own country, which I always thought was pretty funny when I found out about that. The city of Arequipa is a little bit prideful and they're really proud of who they are and their history and sometimes and they'd like to differentiate themselves from the rest of Peru. So in the Plaza de Armas, which is the main area of town, they don't have any Peruvian flags, it's all Arequipa flags, which is kind of funny. There's this canyon called Colca Canyon and it's the second deepest canyon in the world and it has these things called condors, which are birds that have a 10-foot wingspan and are four feet tall, looks like a freaking pterodactyl. And yeah, we got to go and see those while we were there and that was a that was a pretty cool experience.
Video 8 Transcript
Contrary to popular belief, Lima, Peru is not green and it's not a jungle. Basically, almost no vegetation grows unless you put the effort to grow it because it is a desert.
Video 9 Transcript
An interesting fact about Peru that people probably don't know is that there's actually quite a bit of Asian influence, specifically Chinese. In the 1800s there were a lot of Chinese people who came over to live and work in Peru and so because of that there's now a lot of influence in like the architecture and also the food. They have so many like Chinese Peruvian restaurants, they call them chifas, and that's how like chaufa, which is like the Peruvian fried rice, came to be. It was inspired by the Chinese, they brought it there, and now it's become like a huge Peruvian delicacy. So it's really cool that they have like Chinese roots there.
