Sailing a 15-night British Isles Explorer cruise with Viking Cruises has been a real pleasure. Viking takes care of the little details so well that what they do equates to a high occurrence of an excellent travel experience. It’s nearly inevitable that something amazing will happen. Nice words to say about any cruise line but today I have a specific example I think you’ll like.

About this time last year, I was on a different cruise with a different cruise line. That one explored the Galapagos and Machu Picchu, an itinerary I highly recommend. During the course of this sailing I had some time to kill in the Lima, Peru airport so I strolled up and down the immediate area of our boarding gate to see what was available to eat. I just happened to find a little fast food place that featured some sort of a delicious fried dough that was just wonderful.

When I got back home after that trip, I tried to find that product in the grocery store. No luck. I searched online and went to multiple grocery stores but had no luck. Clearly, I did not know what I was looking for. That quest to rediscover the delicacy I had found at that fast food place in the Lima, Peru airport continued off and on over the last year.

Fast forward to embarkation day on our 15-night British Isles Explorer sailing. The first Viking crew I came in contact with was Luis, a Guest Services Manager from, you guessed it: Peru. “Hmmm, maybe he’ll know” I thought and read him in on the background story. In a matter of minutes, Luis found what I was looking for online and that product had been identified. I did not know what to do with it, but I knew what it was.

Now let’s move to dinner in The Restaurant last night aboard Viking Sky. Lisa and I were perusing the menu and making the difficult ordering decision (there are a lot of great choices) when the restaurant manager brought us each two of sought after fried balls and they were absolutely delicious. It seems one of the chefs is from Peru and knows all about this product. It was delicious and we were blown away with the level of Viking hospitality.

Oh, and the name of this little delight? Chipacitos

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