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Category: Peru

Shopping at the craft market in Lima

Posted onJanuary 3, 2010June 14, 2021Leave a comment

The long lunch means we will not get to any museums today, but a little shopping seems necessary, so we stop at a market where an odd – but colorful – jumble of items are Read More …

CategoriesLima, Mexico, South & Central America, PeruTagsPacific Cruise

Barranco in Lima, Peru

Posted onJanuary 2, 2010January 24, 2022Leave a comment

Able has brought us to one of the places I most wanted to visit while in Lima, the funky Barranco neighborhood. This was a seaside resort catering to Lima’s aristocracy during the 19th century. Today Read More …

CategoriesLima, Mexico, South & Central America, PeruTagsPacific Cruise, UNESCO World Heritage, urban planning

Pachacamac near Lima, Peru

Posted onJanuary 2, 2010February 24, 2021Leave a comment

Able’s suggestion is that we visit the ancient ruins of the Pachacamac religious center near Lima. It is a place I have heard of, but know nothing about, thus I am shocked by the scale Read More …

CategoriesLima, Mexico, South & Central America, PeruTagsPacific Cruise

Along the coast in Lima, Peru

Posted onJanuary 2, 2010April 18, 2020Leave a comment

Lima has 43 districts – some neighborhoods, others formerly free-standing cities. Our driver, Able, identifies each one we pass through. As we reach San Isidro and then Miraflores, Lane and I begin to recognize the Read More …

CategoriesLima, Mexico, South & Central America, PeruTagsPacific Cruise, urban planning

Callao (Lima) Peru

Posted onJanuary 2, 2010February 24, 2021Leave a comment

We have two days in Lima. But we aren’t actually in Lima. Instead, we are in Callao, a large industrial port far from the heart of Lima. We are docked in the port’s container terminal, Read More …

CategoriesLima, Mexico, South & Central America, PeruTagsPacific Cruise

Nazca lines from air

Nazca Line tour in Peru

Posted onJanuary 2, 2010December 29, 20192 Comments

Despite the blue ocean off to the west, this is the bleakest place I’ve ever seen – even more desolate than the Sinai and without the grandeur of that harsh landscape. The only place I Read More …

CategoriesMexico, South & Central America, PeruTagsPacific Cruise, UNESCO World Heritage

Celebrating the Holidays in South America

Posted onJanuary 11, 2006May 11, 2020Leave a comment

Joining friends, we spent the Christmas/New Year’s holidays on a tour of Peru and Ecuador, including time in the Galapagos Islands. Around Miami Christmas in Miami (December 25) Marvelous Miami Deco (December 26) Peru Arrival Read More …

CategoriesEcuador, Galapagos Islands, Lima, Mexico, South & Central America, Peru

Peru: Pisac in the Sacred Valley

Posted onJanuary 1, 2006May 10, 2020Leave a comment

It is already late in the afternoon when we arrive in Pisac. I am hoping we are going to spend some time at the ruins here, which are supposed to be amazing, but we are Read More …

CategoriesMexico, South & Central America, PeruTagstraditional culture

Peru: Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley

Posted onJanuary 1, 2006May 10, 2020Leave a comment

Part of our journey retraces our route of the other day, but I am glad to have another chance to again take in the the Urumbamba Valley’s rather stark beauty. Although the landscape seems remote Read More …

CategoriesMexico, South & Central America, PeruTagstraditional culture

Peru: Chincheros in the Sacred Valley

Posted onJanuary 1, 2006May 10, 2020Leave a comment

Our itinerary promises: Today, embark on a full day excursion to the Sacred Valley of the Incas with its amazing landscapes of fertile land, mystical ruins and indigenous villages. Up early and onto the bus Read More …

CategoriesMexico, South & Central America, PeruTagstraditional culture

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