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sara.ede · Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 100 Location: Boston

A good friend of mine is looking to go to Peru in the fall...thinking about joining her but not sure if thats a good time to find jobs. Is it? Also, what cities/towns are the nicest in which to live and find work?

moonraven · Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 3094

Nicest to live--probably Cusco.

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Go to the south, the weather is nicer there, though there will be more foreigners than the north.

lizzle · Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Posts: 14

Does anyone know how easy it is to find teaching jobs in Peru in February or March? I'm currently teaching in Ecuador, but am considering heading to Peru for a change of scenery in the next month or so. Also, how easy is it to find relatively short teaching gigs (e.g., two months or so), perhaps in language institutes?

Any information would be wonderful!

Lizzle

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Perfect time, the school year starts in March and goes until December.

Flo · Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 112

I lived in Piura, Peru for one year and thought the weather there was better than other parts I visited. It hardly ever rained, and it is warm or hot all year round. Then again, it is fairly ugly since its in the desert with little vegatation.

I had a very good job in Peru, however I d�d not like living there. If you are set on going there, you should contact Universidad de Piura in Piura. It is probably the best or one of the best jobs you will find in the country. The pay is good, working conditions are fair, and you get some time off for travel.

I found Lima too cold, cloudy, and wet, while Cuzco was full of rude tourists and business people trying to take advantage of the foreigners. However, Cuzco itself is a beautiful city and there are usually a handful of jobs available there.

If you want more details, PM me.
Flo

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

I second that about the Universidad de Piura. Very good.

highlander_2005 · Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 9

If you are looking for work in Peru you could do a lot worse than Chachapoyas. It�s in the north, about 2500 meters up in the mountains and is about the safest place I have been to here, well off the Gringo Trail.
It�s high altitude which means the air is REALLY clean but the down side is that it rains quite a lot. It�s dirt cheap for everything. A two course meal costs less than one US Dollar and I stayed in the most expensive place in town and that was still only around 60 US Dollars per month, everything included.
I know of atleast two good schools always on the look out for teachers but there are two more that I know of possibly more, including the local university who were always asking me for extra hours.
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jplanet · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 2

Naturegirl --

Previous poster in this thread was in Chachapoyas as of a year ago.

-- Janet