Travel tips - Peru Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
If you feel safe, I would suggest taking a moto taxi because they're super cheap and they'll take you wherever you want to go. The buses are a little bit hectic and chaotic. They don't really stop for you to let you get on or off the bus. You need to be prepared with un sole or more depending on how long your trip is gonna be. Be prepared with that because they're gonna want to get your passage. But generally, I liked the public transportation there. It was good. There will be vendors who will come on and try to sell things to you, so if you're not comfortable with that, maybe don't do that, but I thought it was fine.
Video 2 Transcript
A lot of them don't have like their personal cars and so they will use buses which are called combis which are like little vans. There are taxis and there are motos which is like a three-wheeled motorcycle at the top. Hard to explain. My tip for that is that sometimes when they see white people they will ask more money from you because they know they think that you have more money. So ask beforehand you know how much should I be paying and if they ask for more just straight up say no this is what I'm paying and here you go. You can kind of debate a little bit sometimes on the prices especially if they're way overpricing you and you just act like you know what you're doing then they'll just concede.
Video 3 Transcript
The way the taxis work in Peru, it's not like they have a machine that tells you how much you have to pay at the end. You kind of have to like negotiate the price before you get in a taxi. So like a lot of times, especially like taxis, if they see like a foreigner, they'll try and like ram you, like really charge you more than you should be paying. So something you could do is like if you're at a hotel or wherever you're staying, you could ask a local like, hey, how much should it cost to go from here to here? And then you hear what they say, and then you don't accept a taxi unless like, unless that you can get it down for that. And if you haggle like usually a taxi driver will listen, like he'll maybe try and like charge you more at first. But then if you just talk about like, you know what you're talking about, then he'll probably he'll accept it.
Video 4 Transcript
So something my mom and I did is we bought packing cubes. They come in different sizes. They're just fabric with a little zipper around it and they have this mesh on the front so you can see what's in it. They kind of help you compact things and you can put little things in there. You can pack a bunch of clothes and the bigger ones. It's very good for organizing. Also as far as medicines, I would recommend just taking a few medicines that you're familiar with that you know, I'm going to need these, but other medicines there in Peru are easily available.
Video 5 Transcript
One of the cool things about the commuting in Pura is that there's these little taxis called motos, which are pretty much three-wheeled motorcycle carriage things, and that will be your main mode of transportation. You will take those everywhere.
Video 6 Transcript
They don't often have toilet paper, so make sure to carry some with you. A lot of times they do have toilets, but it's more just like, like a hole. So, and they don't have toilet paper, so just bring that, okay? Just bring toilet paper with you wherever you go.
