Peru

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Script
Latin
Language
Spanish
Road edge lines
White, solid
Centre lines
Yellow, dashed, Double yellow, None, White, dashed
Bollards
Red + white, Yellow
Camera
Gen 3, Gen 4
Licence plates
White
Warning signs
Yellow diamond
Landscape
Arid, Mountainous, Alpine, Tropical
Vegetation
Eucalyptus
Road surface
Unsealed, Good
Road numbers
PE

Country-wide 13

Plates

Plates white or yellow (yellow rarer); taxis: yellow top / white bottom

Colombia: B&W striped signposts → Peru.

Chile: Striped signposts → Peru.

Cars

Gen3: solid black or white Google car; Peru HAS Gen4 (Bolivia none; Ecuador's Gen4 = big pickup); smallcam exists

Argentina: B&W km markers + striped posts → Peru.

Uruguay: Square poles → Uruguay.

Bolivia: Gen4 present → Peru.

Chile: Chile's black-section variant; striped posts → Peru.

Markings

Always white outer lines; highways: single dashed or double yellow middle; rural mountain roads: white outers, NO centre line (in S. America predominantly Peru); divided highways can be all-white

Utility unique here

Black-and-white striped signposts - the only South American country (some areas black-yellow); metal signposts sit in concrete blocks (also S.America-unique)

Bollards unique here

Bollards red or yellow, mostly triangular concrete (circular variants exist)

Utility

Guardrails w/ black-yellow stripes (sometimes arrow design)

Bolivia: Outer stripe: black → Peru, yellow → Bolivia.

Signs unique here

km markers: concrete, painted black & white (road number near urban areas)

Utility

Poles concrete or wood, sometimes w/ horizontal concrete bars (also Argentina); painted bottoms black or black-yellow (S.America-unique pattern; Colombia similar)

General

Bridges commonly painted orange; landscape default = semi-arid mountain ranges & valleys

Cars

Mototaxis (tuk-tuks) everywhere (Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura, Iquitos); taxis w/ wide red-white side stickers

Utility unique here

Electricity counters: rectangular, metallic, 2-3 horizontal slits - unique design

General unique here

Currency Sol (S/.) on price signs; many political-party logos painted on walls - all Peru-unique

Arch

Architecture mix: colonial buildings, contemporary 'boxy' concrete, traditional red brick

Regional 4

General

Coverage mostly west + main highways (exceptions: around Iquitos + the 30C east); terrain: mountainous west, flat east (but flat desert near Piura NW); climate: desert west, rainforest east; highway numbers rise north→south (1/3/5 = the long ones)

Landscape

Landscape & flora by region:

Arch

Red brick + blue-tinted-glass buildings increase toward Lake Titicaca (W-Bolivia look - caution, red brick exists everywhere); overhanging roofs w/ wooden supports → north (often brightly coloured)

Utility

Pole markings: yellow vertical numbers → north coast + Tacna, often w/ a horizontal 2-3-letter city code (CH = Chimbote); open-front tuk-tuks → northern half; Lima lamps = inverted-J sweep (occasionally Iquitos/Pucallpa); cylindrical bollard w/ black-yellow top → only Moquegua

City 1

General unique here

Cities: Lima = long straight divided boulevards; Pucallpa = consistent WSW-ENE grid; Iquitos = isolated Gen3-only Amazon city w/ tuk-tuks + overcast; Cusco = red brick + colonial mix, ringed by mountains, airport mid-city (La-Paz-like!); Tacna = dry ridge to the north; Puerto Maldonado = moto-taxi drivers in yellow vests

Specific spots 3

Roads unique here

Road spotlights: 1N at the Piura/Lambayeque border = semi-desert, overcast Gen3; 1N/1S divided section = the only rural divided highway; 1S south of Ica = coast-hugging, red-orange soil, all Gen4; 5N (San Alejandro↔Esperanza) = straight flat rainforest road; 30C (Planchón↔Iñapari) = white Gen3 car, dense forest, Brazil-interior look; 28B (Kimbiri↔Echarate) = faded/missing lines, hillside + river valley; Jauja↔Huancayo valley = flat plain w/ trees + villages between N-S ranges

Landscape unique here

Lakes & volcanoes: north side of Titicaca = wetter-season coverage than the south side; Lake Chinchaycocha = marshy 'middle lake' w/ mountains east (less populated than Titicaca); volcanoes → only the southeast (esp. around Arequipa)

Cars unique here

Machu Picchu: white Street View car Aguas Calientes → Machu Picchu; train-track trekker between Aguas Calientes & Cusco