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Peru’s Historic Nazca Lines and Sandy Ica

Joe — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 14:04:20 +0000

Nazca and Ica are popular tourist destinations in southern Peru and for good reasons! I visited Nazca and Ica in April 2017, travelling north from Arequipa. Following are some favourite photos and videos from the trip. Nazca: Nazca Lines and … Continue reading →

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Antonio Núñez Jiménez and the Fundación de la Naturaleza y el Hombre Museum and Library

Joe — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 12:02:49 +0000

Fundación de la Naturaleza y el Hombre Two blocks from the constructivist Russian Embassy in Havana’s Miramar district, an unimposing building houses the Fundación de la Naturaleza y el Hombre (Foundation for Nature and Humanity) museum and library. The museum’s … Continue reading →

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World Heritage Listed Camagüey, Cuba’s Third City

Joe — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:52:00 +0000

Camagüey, Cuba’s third largest city was founded in its current location in 1528. The city’s labyrinthine streets in its UNESCO world heritage-listed historic centre are worth wandering. Camaguey is also a good base for exploring its eponymous province, Cuba’s biggest, … Continue reading →

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Baracoa, a Special Place in Eastern Cuba

Joe — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:34:15 +0000

Baracoa in Cuba’s far eastern Guantánamo Province has unique a history, location and environment. Founded in 1511, the city is the island’s oldest Spanish settlement and Cuba’s first capital. Historically, people could only visit Baracoa by sea or air with … Continue reading →

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Arequipa, Home away from Home

Joe — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:42:47 +0000

Arequipa, Peru’s second city and location of its Constitutional Court was home base for a significant part of my trip. Its mild climate, manageable size, affordability, world heritage-listed historic centre, volcano backdrop and South America’s best food made the city … Continue reading →

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Traditional Wititi Dancing in Arequipa

Joe — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 04:37:53 +0000

Originating in the Colca Canyon, Wititi dancing is important and unique enough to be included in UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Most visitors to the Colca Canyon see touristic Wititi dancing in town squares or … Continue reading →

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Two Amazing Day Trips from Macusani, Carabaya Province, Peru

Joe — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 15:49:45 +0000

In October 2016 Rocío and I undertook two amazing day tours in the southern Peruvian Andes Mountains as part of our 2016 Interoceanic Highway Trip. We saw stunning scenery, prehistoric history and witnessed something extremely rare: a condor hunting and … Continue reading →

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Prehistoric Rock Art in Carabaya Province, Puno Region

Joe — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 15:15:42 +0000

Rocío and I visited multiple prehistoric rock art locations on our second Macusani day trip. Amazingly, no site had signs or barriers around them. Without our guide Ulices we wouldn’t have known they were there. Between Macusani and Tantamaco Ulices … Continue reading →

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Tantamaco’s Potatoes and Stunning Scenery

Joe — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 15:10:29 +0000

In southern Peru’s Macusani District, circa 4,000 metre high Tantamaco is the organic native potato capital. Potatoes are indeed widely grown here and in fact originated from this part of the world. However, for me this aspect of Tantamaco was … Continue reading →

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A Mysterious Cavern in Corani District, Peru

Joe — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 14:46:05 +0000

Why was there a hole in the ground with separate entries south of Aymaña in Peru’s Corani District, 4,000 metres high in the Andes Mountains? Even guide Ulices did not know the cavern’s purpose. In the foreground is the cavern’s … Continue reading →

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