Peruvian Expeditons - Letters of Recomendation

March 12, 1999

To whom it may concern:

Please accept this letter as a letter of recommendation for Luis Alberto Calderon Orrego. We have been in Peru for a total of thirty days, during which time we have had the opportunity to know Luis very well. He is obviously a person of high integrity and honesty and is a very hard worker. He is a motivated person and a self-starter. He is very conscientious and dependable.

Luis has the responsibility for his two younger brothers and is their means of support and guidance. He speaks English very well and has been very helpful to us in our travels within Lima and certain side trips outside Lima.

Without a reservation we recommend Luis to you as being a person who will be very helpful to you. He will be a very good employee and will also be a very loyal friend.
Please feel free to contact us should you desire further comment.

Very truly yours,
Charles T. Meeks
Jean H. Meeks
Austin, Texas

September 21, 2000

To whom it may concern:

Mr. Luis Calderon Orrego served as my driver and guide during two days in Lima, Peru. He was extraordinarily personable, very knowledgeable and informative and spoke excellent English. Our limited time in Lima was very pleasant and productive because of his help. I recommend him and his services without reservation and would be happy to answer any questions.
Sincerely,

Paul F. Schellhammer, M.D.
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, Virginia

Dear Luis,

I, and my family, truly and genuinely appreciate your selfless-ness and generosity. You have treated everyone very, very well. You have made everyone feel happy and comfortable. Your English is exceptional!! You speak very well and have successfully succeeded in translating words so that my family and I can understand. We trust you and respect you very much. We are honored to have met such an earnest (honest) friend. You have made our travels much more eventful and exciting. I wish you the best in life. I hope your business is successful. I have faith and confidence that you will be successful in life. I hope and wish that you and your loved ones can travel and see the world the way we have. I’m glad I met you and I will never forget you. You have a home in California whenever you decide to travel there. I mean that. We will be your tour guide. Thank you! Thank you!

Erin Dunne
Forestville, California

April 18, 2000

Luis Calderon has been my driver and Lima tour guide the past several times I visited Peru on business. I would like to take this opportunity to commend his excellent work.

I import alpaca products and Andean handicrafts to the United Sates from Peru. I travel to Peru once or twice a year for the purpose of selecting new goods and vendors, and each time I come I also enjoy some tourism. Because I am a woman traveling in a foreign country, security and reliability is extremely important to me. To see Luis waiting for me when I step off the airplane at the Lima airport at 1:00 in the morning is very comforting. He is always precisely on time, precisely ready to meet me wherever I need to be met. There is never any question about my security when I am with him.
Luis is also very honest. On more than one occasion, for reason of convenience I have pre-paid him for a task. If I forget that I pre-paid him, and try to pay him a second time, he reminds me that he has been paid. He tells me what I should expect to pay for a service and does not allow others to take advantage of the fact that I am a foreign traveler in Peru.

Finally, Luis has a tremendous amount of knowledge about the history and geography of Peru, particularly related to the tourist sites in the Lima area. He presents his information in a very organized, interesting fashion and is eager to answer questions. It is obviously his desire to make my visit as enjoyable as possible, and he certainly does. I know working with Luis will add tremendously to the visitors’ enjoyment of the trip.

I encourage you to direct your clients needing transportation and tourist services to Luis Calderon; I am certain you will be glad you did. Thank you for your kind attention.

Sincerely,
Rachel Hendrickson
General Manager and President
Heartland Ranch
Elgin, Arizona

May 20, 2003

To whom it may concern:

A good friend who does business in Peru suggested we contact Luis Calderon Orrego prior to our own two-week business and vacation trip. How fortunate we were to make this connection. Even before leaving the United States, we were exchanging e-mails on the opening hours of museums, hotel information and airport transfers.

We can strongly recommend Luis as both a driver and a guide. He drives a comfortable, clean, and dependable vehicle and navigates the congested streets of Lima with ease. He is knowledgeable on most aspects of Peruvian culture, history, tourism and the practical information a visitor needs. Using excellent English, Luis Is able to share with enthusiasm remarkable stories of Peru. He is more than dependable, often going out of his way to meet the needs of his clients, always with a smile.

Our only regret is that we could not spend more time with him traveling to more distant parts of Peru. On our next visit, we plan to engage him for2-3 weeks to take us to Nazca, Paracas, Arequipa and Cuzco. He is a delightful, energetic, and intelligent young man and would make anyone’s visit to his country a most unforgettable experience.

Sincerely,
Bruce and Carol St John
Dunlap, Illinois (USA)

To Whom It May Concern:

I would highly recommend Luis Calderon as a tour guide for anyone visiting Lima, Peru. He is extremely dependable, knowledgeable, a very hard worker and a nice person.

Thank goodness for Luis, or we would have been lost in the city of Lima. He speaks English very well, he knows a lot about Peru and knows Lima like the back of his hand. Luis goes the extra mile – like booking our hotel before we arrive, taking us to the best service places in town and even stopping at a department store to help us pick out a wedding gift.

If you’re going to Lima, make sure you contact Luis. When you’re in the middle of this huge city looking for your hotel with no one around who speaks English, you’ll wish you had.
Feel free to contact me through email if you have any other questions about Luis.

Sincerely,
Lori Nygaard
San Francisco, California

March 03, 2002

Note of recommendation to Luis Calderon:

He was our tourist guide on a trip from Lima to Nasca and Cuzco. His English language skills are very good. He always had a good knowledge of Peruvian sight, habits and culture. He was also very reliable. We could always recommend him as a tourist guide and wish him good luck for his future business.

Gabriel Liville
Marc Schill
Birgher skurich
Germany