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Posted on 2020-06-222020-07-03

Documentary on Peru: Hidden Treasure

Last week, I watched a Netflix documentary named ‘Perú: tesoro escondido’ or ‘Peru: Hidden Treasure’. The film runs for 1 hour 16 minutes which is a tad long to watch in one sitting for most people. After a lengthy but beautifully filmed and narrated prologue, the first theme is surfing along the coastline. I as …

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Posted on 2020-06-162020-07-03

Lima, Peru in the midst of COVID-19

Lima, Peru is at the top of my list of places to visit. Of course, all travel plans are suspended for now because of COVID-19. While the situation in Canada is stabilizing, the situation in Peru is anything but. Please read the NY Times article entitled ‘Virus Exposes Weak Links in Peru’s Success Story’ for …

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English and Chinese are my first 2 languages, fluent by my standard, one acquired and the other my mother tongue. Spanish is a language I'm learning by choice. I believe that my prior experience in learning a second lanaguage will help me for the third.

Language learning is always hard, sometimes even unbearable without a personal interest in the underlying culture. This blog shares about Spanish language and culture learning.

I live in Canada. Because of geographical proximity, this blog will have a Latin American bias.

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