gringo´s tips on how to be peruvian pt 1

1. Drink, love, and never disown Inca Kola
If pisco is the national drink of Peru, Inca Kola is second. It´s a yellow colored soda with a bit of a licorice taste to it, but quite good. Peruvians swear by it so much that it outsold Coca-cola up until a few years ago.
2. Set up your own Peruvian bank account...it´s easy
Yeah that´s right I got a bank account here. You want to fight about it? It was simple. Just give them two forms of ID, sign a few forms, and in minutes you got your own Peruvian debit card.
3. Always comment about how cold 60 degrees feels
I just don´t get it.
4. Know just about everything there is to know about pisco...especially that it´s from Peru
A couch surfer visitor and I were discussing pisco types in a combi a few days ago and a random eavesdropping guy turned around and gave a big schpeel about his favorite kind of pisco and why we should buy it. Moral of the story: ask any Peruvian and they can tell you what Pisco is, how it´s made, what their favorite kind is, and most importantly, why Chilean pisco is horrible.
5. Own a dog and put a sweater on it
I guess it´s because there are so many dogs running rampant here that the sweater signifies ownership. I would never actually believe that someone would put clothes on a dog for any other reason.
6. Refer to limes as lemons
I know they do this in a few other Latin American countries as well, but again I just don´t get it.
7. Work really hard...all day
This is very admirable. From what I´ve seen, people here work their butts off.

Salud