re: Interested in vacation in Peru

Those then, are what I would say are the three real options for your other time in Peru:

1) Southern route
2) Iquitos and the Amazon
3) Chiclayo and Iquitos

And, as others have said, Peruvian food is amazing, because the different climates allow for such regional variation and fusions. You must eat some cebiche (spelled with a v instead of a b in other parts of Latin America). My mouth just waters at the thought. There's a new Peruvian restaurant here in Baton Rouge, but the cebiche didn't compare to what I got in Peru, and the rest of the food wasn't anything special either.


In the dry, almost desert area of Chiclayo, you might get some delicious cabrito, or goat:




The Inca ate cuy, or guinea pig, as part of religious rituals. It's still a special meal. I found the game flavor strong, but not at all unpleasant. Though the one on my plate is fried, it's more often served roasted.




In the Andean area, you might get alpaca steaks or even ravioli stuffed with alpaca meat, as I had in Urubamba.




In areas closer to the jungle, you might get something like this incredible seafood meal that was steamed in a banana leaf in Tarapoto:




And, yes, there are good chifas all over Peru, and you should eat at a couple of them. You'll notice the yellow liquid in our glasses. That's Inca Kola, the Peruvian answer to Coca-Cola (and actually owned by Coca-Cola).