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chines, try
Peru Camping Shop
(
www.perucampingshop.com
;
Jerusalén 410)
which
rents bikes by the half-day for S35 including helmet, gloves and a map of the area. It also
organizes downhill cycling blasts in the vicinity of El Misti for S68 (one day) with trans-
port.
Courses
Want to learn to speak Spanish? Immersion is the best way and Arequipa provides plenty
of opportunities to hook up on a course while practicing with the locals in the evenings.
Book in with one of the following agencies and you'll be reading Mario Vargas Llosa in
the original before you know it.
CEPESMA
( 9-59-961-638;
www.cepesmaidiomasceci.com
;
Puente Grau 108)
You can organize
courses from two ($16) to eight hours ($64) per day. Cooking, dancing and volunteer op-
portunities are also available.
LANGUAGE
Juanjo
(
www.spanishlanguageperu.com
;
2nd epata C-4, Urb Magisterial, Yanahuara)
Recom-
mended by travelers, it arranges individual, small-group classes from S300 per week.
Homestays and volunteer work can also be arranged.
LANGUAGE
ROCIO
( 22-4568;
www.spanish-peru.com
;
Ayacucho 208)
Charges S18 per hour for an indi-
vidual class, while small group lessons cost S290 per 40-hour week. Ring bell number 21
at the communal entrance.
LANGUAGE
Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano
(ICPNA; 39-1020;
www.cultural.edu.pe
;
Melgar 109)
Aside from offering a raft of
cultural activities (theater, music and the like), the well-established Peru-North American
cultural center bivouacked in a pleasant 'casona' in the city center can organize Spanish
lessons for foreigners from S35 for a 90-minute session.
LANGUAGE
