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New Map Shows Readers of An American in Lima

I’ve just added a nifty map widget to this blog that shows in real time where readers of An American in Lima are located.

The widget is located on the right sidebar, below “10 Most Popular Posts” and above the Twitter feed.

The orange stars indicate visitors’ city, state and country. A pulsing circle around a star indicates that the person is visiting the blog now (that means you).

As you can tell by the clusters of stars, the majority of the blog’s visitors come from the United States (hi, Saint Louis! hi, Pompano Beach!), Peru (hola, San Pedro de Lloc y Huancayo!) and Europe (bonjour, Gent! hola, Madrid!). I more or less knew about my readers there, given who leaves comments on An American in Lima.

What I didn’t know — as in, I was clueless — is that lots of people from other regions are dropping by, such as visitors from:

  • Morocco
  • Aurangabad, India
  • Finland (land of the fabulous Moomintrolls)
  • Central district, Hong Kong
  • Manila

It gives me a thrill to imagine that my slightly offbeat adventures might interest someone in Dubai or Taipei. I’m honored, actually.

Thanks to WhosAmungUs for creating and distributing this cool visual device free of charge. Click here or on right-sidebar map to get one from your own blog or Web site.

–Barbara R. Drake

I am an American writer who lived in Lima for seven years (2007-2014), where I covered Andean traditions, melting glaciers and daily life in the capital for Miami Herald, MSNBC and Huffington Post. I now live and work in northern Florida where I champion climate change advocacy and compassionate, affordable eldercare.

5 Comments

  • Liisa

    Good morning, this is Finland speaking

    I just spent half a year in Lima, working there, love the place, the climate, the food…
    Now I am back, here near the North Pole, seeing all over a snow covering the ground. Missing Peru… so much missing…

  • Barb

    Liisa — great to hear from a Fin who knows and loves Peru. It must be quite an adjustment to go from the Lima garua to the Arctic snows! Hopefully you can come back soon.

    I’ve always wanted to visit Finland, an idea that took hold as a kid when I read the Moomintroll books. (I love snow.)

    What work were you doing in Peru?

  • Liisa

    Welcome to Finland, Barb! When ever you can come, I am ready to show you places here, at the home of Moomintrolls.

    In Lima I worked for the Finnish government, for the Embassy of Finland. Me too, I would like to come back. Maybe…

  • Barb

    Now I am going to reveal how out of touch I am: I didn’t realize there was a Finnish embassy in Lima. (Shame on me.)

    I will have to stop by one day to tell them that I am a fan of Tove Jansson and her books. (I have a letter from Tove that she wrote to me in the mid 1990s, which I treasure.) My son is reading them now for his book reports in 5th grade in Peru.

    Liisa — I will love to take you up on your offer to see Finland. 🙂

  • adriana

    Hellos,I´am from Trujillo,I live in Huanchaco where I opened a restaurante with my husband who is from Italy,I found your blog very interesting hope to have you soon in Huanchaco, I leave here my restaurant blog and the web.
    greetings,Adriana

    http://arciblog.blogspot.com/