Lima Historic Sites that you should visit
Lima is a city travelers love to hate. Polluted, big, ugly, and with a reputation as a dangerous, pickpocket filled city, Lima is usually no more than a stop over …
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Peru Travel â Miraflores & The âNewâ Lima
Lima might be shunned by most backpackers and skipped over by travelers in a hurry to get to Cusco and Machu Picchu, but this city in recent years has become …
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Islands that Float: An introduction to Lake Titicacaâs Uros people
Step off your boat, onto the hay, and meet the Uros people â a people shrouded in mystery, wrapped in myth and lore. According to legend, they are the oldest …
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Living like the locals: An overnight stay on Lake Titicacaâs Isla Taquile
High atop the beautiful, windswept altiplano of Southern Peru lies the expansive and enigmatic Lake Titicacaâ the highest navigable lake in the world and the largest lake in South America. …
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How to spend two weeks in Peru
After all, he made us watch the video that set my future in motion. From my vantage point in the center of the classroom, I watched as the expansive, meticulously …
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Why Iâm glad we didnât skip Lima (and why you shouldnât, either)
I would feel cheated if we had skipped out on Lima, as everyone seemed to think we should. I believe to skip a destination simply because itâs a little bit …
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Deeper but not grander: A visit to Peruâs Colca Canyon
I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and tried to shake away the numbness from my limbs. Only the occasional car â passing outside â broke the silence that otherwise …
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How to plan a visit to Machu Picchu
No trip to Peru is complete without a visit to Machu Picchu, the magnificent, but once-forgotten, Inca city. But since it is one of the most popular tourist destinations in …
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Beyond Machu Picchu: Three more Inca ruins to explore
If youâre planning a trip to Peru anytime in the near future, youâre almost certainly stopping for a visit to Machu Picchu, the famed Inca city recently crowned one of …
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10 Things you might not know about Peru
Pay close attention. What you are about to learn could in fact make you a millionaire⊠seriously. Okay, probably not⊠but you never know. After all, you could be on …
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