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15 Years in Tarapoto

by Tony | Last updated Dec 21, 2024 | Published on Apr 29, 2024 | Expat Life | 7

I’ve been living in Tarapoto, Peru for 15 years now. And after a long, long break I’m posting once again at Tarapoto Life.

Beware the Tarapoto Hangover

by Tony | Last updated Jul 14, 2015 | Published on Dec 17, 2010 | Expat Life, Food & Drink | 8

My birthday yesterday. Hangover today. Can’t sleep. Can’t think. Might cry. OK, so it’s not that bad, but hangovers really do wipe me out these days. I used to shrug them off with relative ease, but since moving to Tarapoto my...

Miss San Martin 2010, Tarapoto, Peru

by Tony | Last updated Aug 20, 2014 | Published on Nov 26, 2010 | News & Events | 0

Beauty contests are a big thing in San Martin. It seems like every town and every village, no matter the size, nominates a Miss each year. There’s Miss Tarapoto, Miss Morales, Miss Moyobamba, Miss Tocache, Miss Wherever and so...

A Year in Tarapoto, Peru

by Tony | Last updated Jun 29, 2012 | Published on May 9, 2010 | Expat Life | 21

I’ve been living in Tarapoto for just over one year. The time has passed quickly, although when I think back to my first few days here it seems like a lifetime ago. My first impressions of this town were not great to be honest –...

Tarapoto “Dangerous Without an Armed Escort”

by Tony | Last updated Dec 26, 2017 | Published on Sep 20, 2009 | Culture & Society | 30

A traveler review post on www.tripadvisor.com recently claimed that Tarapoto, Peru, was “dangerous without an armed escort”. The traveler had definitely had a bad experience: “we were held up by armed bandits...