How does lima’s new municipal taxi app TaxiMML compare to uber?
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🌍 Region | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Peru |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 12°C 54°F + 💦 Damp (78%) = feels 12°C 54°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 57 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 230V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Movistar |
| 💸 10 PEN in USD | USD 2.76 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PEN 1,000 = USD 276 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Jack's Café |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | GenUp |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 430,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $6,049 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | LAN |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | LAN |
| 🏥 Best hospital | CEntro Medico Cima |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,248 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,048 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,216 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $919 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $828 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $101 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $783 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $37 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (1,001 listings) | $667 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $22 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
How does lima’s new municipal taxi app TaxiMML compare to uber?
Has anyone been to Arequipa and worked with Skype or Zoom? I’m currently in Lima and have 8 Mbps which is fine. Funnily, Nomadlist lists Lima with an average speed of 2Mbps and Arequipa with 5Mbps. Any recent experiences? Also interested in the north of Chile as I’m thinking of travelling by bus to Arica, San Pedro de Atacama and then either to Argentina or slowly down south to Patagonia.
It’s good internet for most of Chile.
The best speeds aren’t actually in the capital as they are in the far south (Coyahaique).
Spent 6 months there last year, and the only place we couldn’t find internet was Villa O’Higgins.
Make sure you get an Entel chip for your phone.
Hi Daniela,
I was in San Pedro in January and the hostel I stayed at had crappy WiFi and was tricky to work from. Even my 3G service wasnt working that great (my hostel was on the edge of town).
I was about a 15 minute walk from the centre of town though where there are a number of cafes which had workable wifi (maybe 3 down, 0.5 up) and my 3G SIM was even better than this. I dont need Skype regularly for work but this might not be great speeds for video chats.
So it wasnt ubiquitous and fast but I could make things work no problems. The town is expensive and is for short term tourists only, not really a place you’d stay for longer than a week!
Thanks, Chris. San Pedro de Atacama is surely no place where I’d stay for longer but I thought it would be nice to visit. Internet doesn’t sound good. I know it’s no problem in Santiago but I’m not at all familiar with the very north or south of Chile.
I’m looking to outsource a portion of my business. I would appreciate your thoughts if you have experience in either place.
I need someone who speaks and writes near native English.
Does not have to be a college graduate but should be self motivated.
Access to high speed internet
Do you think I could find someone with the above criteria in Lima or Medellin? Any idea what I should expect to pay someone like that?
What seojeff said. India and phillipines are likely the best places for english speakers, not south america.
I am in Medellin. Very few decent English speakers here and all the ones that are - are teaching English. You can try the Medellin expat group on FB. A better option is the Philippines. Highly educated, perfect spoken English and decent enough written skills.
EDIT:
I discovered afterwards that this question was already asked on Can working on tourist visas be a problem?, though not specifically for Peru.
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Good air quality on average
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✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Cold all year round
❌ Very damp now
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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