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Concise and expressive Peru alphabet book
JeanVisage2P · 2026-05-04 · Message 21 of 29
Love it! The illustrations are awesome!
It reminds me of the book "Diccionario de Peruanismos" (Dictionary of... Peruanisms in French) by Juan de Arona.
Quick and concise Peru alphabet book
Mathews · 2026-05-05 · Message 22 of 29
Hi Jean, thanks for the kind words.
But I’m not familiar with this author.
I did a little searching online—is this an illustrated dictionary?
Quick A-to-Z Guide to Peru
JeanVisage2P · 2026-05-05 · Message 23 of 29
This is a book that’s now in the public domain and isn’t illustrated. You can check out a free version here:
https://archive.org/details/diccionariodepe00arongoog
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Songsam · 2026-05-06 · Message 24 of 29
Hi there,
A free version is available here: archive.org/...onariodepe00arongoog

And it can be downloaded as a PDF in 2 seconds—604 pages, 18.9 MB.
A Quick and Speedy Peru Alphabet
Songsam · 2026-05-06 · Message 25 of 29
Hey traveler,
I went and read your travel journals. What started as a chore for me—since I don’t usually enjoy reading them—quickly turned into a pleasure because I found them really interesting and not boring for two reasons:
- their very adventurous side, just how I like it, something that’s hard to find in forums these days,
- the "chapters" aren’t interrupted by dozens of random comments, making the journal long and tedious to read.
In short, they stand out from the rest.
Here, your amazing paintings add even more to it.
Quick A-Z Guide to Peru
Mathews · 2026-05-06 · Message 26 of 29
Hi Songsam, thanks for your nice message! 🙂
Concise and expressive Peru alphabet book
Fabhyène · 2026-06-08 · Message 27 of 29
Hi Mathews,
Great job on this original travel journal. I love your alphabet book idea... and you manage to be so concise.
The illustrations really take you on a journey.
If you're interested, I'm currently posting a travel journal about Japan on VoyageForum, with my drawings—it's called "Draw Me Your Japan."
It's not at all the same style, and compared to you, I'm *super* chatty. Let me know what you think if you check it out!
Quick and concise Peru alphabet guide
Mathews · 2026-06-08 · Message 28 of 29
hi Fabienne, it's done.
Quick A-to-Z of Peru
Voyajou · 2026-06-11 · Message 29 of 29
In the meantime, whipped up in Brittany while thinking of this discussion—the first ceviche of the year!
