Well, maybe I AM going through those "stages" of adjusting to living/being in a new country. But I think they are all mixed up together. I love certain things, and get aggravated by some of the same things. Life here involves riding the bus a lot. Especially small buses. The smaller the bus, the more entertaining it will be. The small buses have loud salsa and Spanish pop and at various times also provide the following entertainment from people who want your money:
drum playing
magic/comedy show
playing guitar/singing/playing the harmonica simultaneously
selling everything imaginable (frequently accompanied by begging and pictures of their children or their actual children)
(I held myself back from buying a travel toothbrush accompanied by an extremely tiny toothpaste tube that could be refilled from a regular tube.)
other things to buy, from people on the bus or when traffic is at a standstill, through a window from people next to the bus:
fresh fruit and vegetables
Q-tips
earrings, watches
chips and candy
large, furry rubber rats
herbal elixers
ice cream
every book, CD or DVD you could imagine
Lilo and Stitch windshield visors
Barney stickets, paintbrushes, a barbeque set

They have a lot of traffic guards here, and they are usually really hot women in form-fitting uniforms. No one knows why. Traffic here could not be described as respectful, but it listens to these guards. My thesis is that the traffic reflects the national psyche of Peru. People are passionate, creative, individualistic. They follow their own convictions and do whatever they think is best, stopping short of really hurting anyone.
Peru is truly a melting pot. You have people here who look white, black, korean, native american, european, you name it. But they are all Peruvian. And they call attention to each other's differences, giving people politically incorrect nicknames corresponding to their skin color or eye shape. People will also not hesitate to tell someone that they are fat or to make fun of them for just about anything.
That is almost enough over-generalizing and stereotyping for now. Some people move to a new country and become more culturally sensitive and generalize less but that doesn't appear to be happening to me.