PERU - Stove fuel available?

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Michele

 
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PERU - Stove fuel available?

by Michele » Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:07 am

Help! I'm leaving tomorrow morning for Peru and wanted to find out what, if any, stove fuel will be available in Cuzco. If any one knows, please post your response.
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Yes, it's called Gasolina Blanca

by ElCapitanKoolAid » Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:59 am

It's called gasolina blanca. You can find it in every ferreteria. It costs around a dollar per liter. It works well on MSR stoves. Just clean your stove frequentely
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by Michele » Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:14 am

Thank you for that information. Now if I could just figure out what a "ferreteria" is. Ha ha!
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Ferreteria means hardware store

by ElCapitanKoolAid » Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:15 pm

A ferreteria is a hardware store
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Grettings Lima - Peru

by Andinista » Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:24 pm

In Peru the stove fuel is calling Bencina o gasolina blanca , is disponible in the Hardware stores (ferreterias) is very cheap, good luck in peru, abilio, ciao.... :D
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