Comments on: Ancón

By: Recommended Routes, Lima combi travel made ridiculously easy | ...en Perú - Travel Culture History News

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:10:06 +0000

[…] dozens of far flung Lima districts over the course of the previous weeks and had even visited Ancón on the same day I did. The thing that interested me most though, was that Ancón and all these […]

By: Ursula

Ursula — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:17:56 +0000

Ancon para las personas que hemos veraniado ahi es mas que un balneario es un sentimiento. Cada parte de ella desde sus playas, su malecon, la iglesia,semana santa,el donofrio,cada heladero ,los barquilleros todos eramos una familia. No habia diferencia de religiones todos se conocian y se saludaban de un lado a otro con un hola efusivo. Las chalanas prestadas, el voley e la tarde, ese atardecer. El casino club para jugar bagamon o sus fietas al comienzo con orquesta y luego con cintas. En las mañanas ir al muelle en busca del pescado fresco y luego pasar por el mercado que maravilla. Y esa cancioncita a la hora que terminaba la fiesta qu era Ancon ancon balneario hermosa donde una vez me enamore ……. Gracias por todo mi ancon

By: The “megaport” set to overshadow Ancón | ...en Perú - Travel Culture History News

Mon, 24 May 2010 17:42:51 +0000

[…] project to establish a port in the beautiful and traditional bay of Ancón has generated a lot of protest from locals who reject that private investment should take […]

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:08:39 +0000

I whole heartedly agree. I think Herradura in Chorrillos (almost) captures that ideal.

http://rachelinperu.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/la-herradura-another-glorious-skeleton-of-limas-past/

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:07:01 +0000

Peru is a country full of contradictions. I think Stuart does an excellent job of documenting both the good and the bad, the beautiful and the hideous. He is able to capture the “diamond in the rough” and the Ancon feature does just that.

I really enjoyed seeing the photos, since we did not get to add Ancon on our itinerary to Casma.

By: Ward

Ward — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:51:07 +0000

Ancon is a beautiful place, even though in a sense it has had it’s time. I’d like to see the day when attractive and exclusive are not considered one and the same.

By: Stuart Starrs

Stuart Starrs — Sun, 09 May 2010 15:35:00 +0000

Thanks David, those are all subjects that can be dealt with in the next article which will talk about the megapuerto.

By: David

David — Sun, 09 May 2010 15:30:46 +0000

What this story captures is the Beauty, but not the Life in Ancon. The top photo captures the Beauty of the Hotels, and of people enjoying the water.

What it does not show, is the contamination level of the Bay area due to Raw Sewage being dumped in mid bay by the City. The Minster of Health has had to pitch tents near the beach area to treat people for illnesses to the contamination.

Ancon has been a fishing village of my wife’s family for generations, it is poor mixed with the rich. I wish your story covered more of the lifestyle of Ancon, and not tourists come and see type brochure.