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Peru had a rich cultural life thousands of years before Pizarro turned up in funny clothing. Wander around colonial cities that echo the legacy of Spanish conquistadors, explore the ancient Inca capital of Cuzco, visit the lost city of Machu Picchu and ponder the enigma of the Nazca Lines.
Peru also boasts some of the most spectacular scenery in South America. The beautiful Peruvian Andes issue a siren's call to top-class trekkers. These mountains are also home to squillions of indigenous highlanders, who still speak the ancient tongue of Quechua and live a traditional way of life.
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Thu, 30 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [48]
WE DECIDED TO BYPASS CERRO SECHIN and Chankillo on our way north and save them for our return to Lima. Photos of Cerro Sechin depicted intricate carvings on real rock, not mudstone, and we figured we would see much more at the site. Not.
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Mon, 27 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [63]
BASED UPON THE CARVINGS AT EL BRUJO, the Moche weren’t the friendliest people—pretty much what you would expect from people ruled by Warrior-Priests who worshipped a god known as Decapitator at a site called El Brujo (sorcerer) by the Spanish ... Read more >
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [48]
AFTER THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS of 5+ hour driving we deserved a little R&R and Wyndham’s Costa del Sol in Trujillo was just the ticket with a quiet location, nice rooms, secure parking, a wonderful restaurant—even a wandering pair of llamas.... Read more >
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [73]
THE ROAD FROM HUACHO TO HUARAZ took five hours, had hundreds of hairpin turns and climbed 13,000 feet into the Andean Cordillera Blanca before descending to the sprawl that is Huaraz. Our suite at Villa Valencia was another gem, the equal of many of ... Read more >
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [95]
WITH APOLOGIES TO RED SKELTON, we flew in to Lima yesterday and, boy, are our arms tired! The flight was only three hours long but after getting up 2:30 in the morning for the only direct flight from Salta, it’s not just our arms but our entire ... Read more >
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 | By vagabonds3 | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 20 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 27 Nov 2024 | By graynomadsusa | Views [59]
CALLAO IS A PORT FOR CARGO SHIPS and Oosterdam stood out like an evening gown at Walmart. We docked around 2 PM Sunday and would be in port until Tuesday evening, just time enough for the well-heeled to take the Holland America excursion to Machu Picchu ... Read more >
Wed, 27 Nov 2024 | By vagabonds3 | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 17 Oct 2018 | By mattso | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 17 Oct 2018 | By mattso | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 17 Oct 2018 | By mattso | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 11 Oct 2018 | By mattso | Views [621] | Comments [1]
Here was a day that I ticked off another item on my bucket list. After a delayed start that afforded us time to do some souvenir shopping, the clouds finally cleared enough for our little plane to take off. I calmed the nerves with some coca tea (which ... Read more >
Tags: flights, geoglyphs
Thu, 11 Oct 2018 | By mattso | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 10 Oct 2018 | By mattso | Views [584]
Pisco sours are sneaky! They go down all too easily with your freshly grilled fish and scallops, and leave you with furry brain lag the next morning! But I'll go back for more, in a couple of days.
We started the day with a drive to the Julio C. Tello ... Read more >
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