You can have mail sent to
you poste restante care of any main post office
(Correo Central), and, on the whole, the system
tends to work quite smoothly. Have letters
addressed: full name (last name in capitals),
Poste Restante, Lista de Correos, Correo
Central, city or town, Peru. To pick up mail
you'll need your passport, and you may have to
get the files for the initials of all your names
(including Ms, Mr, etc) checked. Rather quirkily,
letters are sometimes filed separately by sex,
too - in which case it's worth getting both
piles checked. Some post offices let you look
through the pile, others won't let you anywhere
near the letters until they've found one that
fits your name exactly.
An alternative to the official lista is to use
the American Express mail collection service.
Their main offices in Peru are in Lima, c/o Lima
Tours, Belén 1040, near Plaza San Martin (tel
01/424-7560 or 424-5110, fax 330-4488, inbound@
limatours.com.pe) and in Cusco, c/o Lima Tours,
Avenida Machu Picchu D-6, Urb. Manuel Prado (tel
084/228431 or 235241). Officially, American
Express charges for this service unless you have
one of their cards or use their traveller's
cheques, though they rarely seem to. The South
American Explorers' Club offers members a postal
address service.
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