I’m going through Olympic detox, here in Lima, where not even the cable channels broadcast the Games during regular day or evening hours. I’m still trying to figure out when I can actually view some extended programming; El Hijo claims there’s coverage at 1 a.m., but I’m not staying up to test his theory.
Help me, people, I’m suffering here. I need my Olympics fix.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I enjoy the pageantry and the overt competitiveness of the Games. I’ve watched them since I was a kid in the United States, and now that I’ve moved to Peru, I’m happy to transfer my allegiance south of the equator. I just can’t find a place to view the Games – not on my home TV, not in a sports bar.
What am I, the lone Olympics fan in Peru?
Two days ago, El Fotografo and I went to the food court of Jockey Plaza, a mall in Lima, where they have a display of 20 or so plasma TVs arranged in one giant image. Sports is always playing there. I figured I’d see some Olympic action. No luck. The television sets were tuned to a nonOlympic soccer match.
I asked the manager, Could he change it to the Olympics program?
Sorry, we can’t, the programming is controlled by a computer, he bullshitted me.
I tried another guy in a suit and he said the same thing and EF looked at me like, Are you going to keep causing a scene about the Olympics?
I ended up eating my chicken sandwich staring at the neverending soccer match that is Peruvian sports broadcasting.
Sigh. I am trying to cheer on Peru. Really.
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11 responses so far ↓
1 Pilar G // Aug 12, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I sorry! I am a Peruvian living in upstate NY and I enjoy watching the olimpics, now you know how it feels when I want to watch some Latim American soccer tournaments up here.
2 Peru » Daimler investiert 600 Mio. Euro in Brasilien - Der Aktionär // Aug 12, 2008 at 4:44 pm
[...] Trying to Watch the Olympics in PeruI’ve watched them since I was a kid in the United States, and now that I’ve moved to Peru, I’m happy to transfer my allegiance south of the equator. I just can’t find a place to view the Games – not on my home TV, not in a sports bar. … [...]
3 Barb // Aug 12, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Pilar — sounds like we should trade homes for the next two weeks. I’ll come to upstate New York and get my Olympix fix. You can come to Lima and OD on Latin American futbol.
4 Manuel // Aug 15, 2008 at 8:20 am
That’s funny here in Canada you can watch the olympics but nothing about peru SHAME!
Manuel
5 Barb // Aug 15, 2008 at 10:14 am
Manuel –
Keep up the Peruvian spirit there in Canada. Peru needs all the encouragement it can get.
My husband’s uncle, who grew up in Chiclayo, settled in Ottowa and raised a big family there. The kids speak Spanish, English and French (very international)! I’ll have to check in with some of El Fotografo’s Canadian cousins and see if they’re keeping up with the Olympics there.
6 ehhh // Aug 20, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Yeah Peru doesn’t revolve around the Olympics, but i’m sure ATV canal 9 broadcasts them.
7 Barb // Aug 20, 2008 at 9:12 pm
There’s a little on ATV, but it’s sporadic.
8 Jose Luis // Aug 21, 2008 at 12:28 am
Nice blog!
You can watch all the Olympics in http://www.wnbc.com
Disfruta el Peru!
Jose Luis in NY
9 Reneé // Aug 26, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Well, I am tired of watching only American athletes in the Olympics. No other competition matches are broadcasted. It give a false feeling that Americans are the best in the world and that they win almost everything they play. Sad existence, just to say the least…. I would love to trade with you for these 2 weeks !
10 Reneé // Aug 26, 2008 at 7:59 pm
….. and sit in “La Rosa Nautica”, right an the peer at the base of Miraflores Bay enjoying mariscos and pisco sour with wonderful peruvian people around me….
11 clayton // Feb 24, 2010 at 1:12 pm
there is ESPN 2
in cuzco it is channel 62
after the other ESPN, 1 i guess
anyhow, it broadcasts a fair bit
try being a canadian in cuzco, same same
and hockey
pure unadulterated torture
but i have been lucky
they showed the third period vs. the states
they highlighted the german game
and now russia
and i am lost i think
pure torture
pure
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