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Visiting Peru’s Spectacular Cotahuasi Canyon

Joe — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 06:47:33 +0000

Peru's Cotahuasi is one of the world's deepest canyons. With amazing landscapes, spectacular waterfalls, fantastic hiking, natural hot springs and ancient agricultural terraces, the Cotahuasi Canyon is a hidden treasure. 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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Ruins and Ceramics at Pre-Inca Settlement Marca Marca

Joe — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 14:23:31 +0000

Near Tantamaco on the Corani and Macusani district border in southern Peru lies Marca Marca. Settled during pre-Inca times and situated on a hill, the village overlooked the surrounding high Andes valley. Low level cloud soon replaced beautiful late afternoon … Continue reading →

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Ancient Buildings, Terraces and Cave Surprises around Ollachea

Joe — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 05:58:53 +0000

WARNING: this blog post contains images of mummified remains some people may find disturbing Puno Region’s Ollachea district in southern Peru has fantastic, easily accessible pre-Columbian sites including chulpas, ruins, ancient terraces and mummies in caves! An Ollachea shopkeeper told … Continue reading →

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Moray Circles and Maras Salt in Cusco’s Sacred Valley

Joe — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 21:34:30 +0000

The Sacred Valley’s unique Moray archaeological site and Maras salt mines (Salinas de Maras) make a popular day trip from Cusco. I visited in August 2016. At the tour’s first stop ladies demonstrated how llama and alpaca wool was traditionally … Continue reading →

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Pisac, Sacred Valley of the Incas, Cusco

Joe — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 22:37:25 +0000

Pisac, located in the Sacred Valley of the Incas close to Cusco, makes for a wonderful half- or full-day trip. It is also a great place to relax on a longer visit. Inca Pisac, high above the modern town, contains … Continue reading →

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