With Peru’s long history of textile weaving and handicrafts, perhaps no country in Latin America provides more opportunity for shopping. Partners of shopaholics beware. The question when looking for the best Peru souvenirs is where to begin. Craft markets, stalls, street vendors and shopping centers are everywhere in Peru. From the cities of Lima […]
I am puzzled. Very puzzled. Raul, our Peruvian guide, announces with a wide grin, “Today we will see Peru’s sexy woman!” Raul’s mischievous brown eyes twinkle as I groggily drink my coca tea at breakfast. Although pronounced sexy woman with a dash of drawl, ( Sac-say-hua-man) we would be visiting the ruins of Sacsayhuaman Peru. […]
Sitting in the shadow of it’s show-off world famous neighbor Machu Picchu, a mere 4 miles (6kms) away on Peru’s Inca trail, the ruins of Winay Wayna lay quietly eclipsed by the far more popular ancient Incan city. Bucket list hikers who have spent three previous days slogging on the high altitude trail, with travel visions […]
Arriving in Peru, our guide instructed that if taking photos of locals, payment is expected and the courteous thing to do. Explaining about the poverty in much of Peru, posing for tourists keen to capture the perfect photograph of Peruvians in traditional dress, has become a way for those in need to make a living. Tp pay […]
I didn’t mean to scream so much. It’s just that I couldn’t see them. Most every rocky shore of the Galapagos islands is home to the marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). In some areas it is not uncommon for the only sea going iguana in the world to be at a density of 4500 iguanas per […]
The object of the Peru Sapo frog game is to choke the frog. Before you get excited about animal cruelty, the word Sapo, which is Spanish for frog or toad, is the center piece of a centuries old game played in Peru. Our introduction to playing the Sapo frog game came in the courtyard of a […]
As the sweat pooled in my rubber boots, we followed our guide in search of giant tortoises through the Highlands of Santa Cruz, the second largest of the Galapagos Islands. Giant tortoises once thrived on most continents but now the Galapagos tortoise represents only one of two remaining groups in the world. You will have […]
Peru travel brims with wonders of festivals and history, the vibrant colors of traditional dress stretching from the Amazon jungle to the peaks of the Andes. Suggesting where to go in Peru from the iconic Machu Picchu to the remote tranquility of Lake Titicaca makes for happy conversation and we very much suggest you include Peru on your travel […]
Two weeks are up and it’s time to see who are the big winners of the Peru Food and Drink Quiz. Many thanks to those who stomached their way through the 10 courses including the animal on the stick. Poor little guinea pig. Below you will find the same photos with the name of the […]
Move over Galapagos Islands. Ecuador’s business capital Guayaquil has it’s own iguana wildlife hot bed. A city of almost 3 million, Guayaquil exceeds the population of Quito. In the heart of the city, Guayaquil boasts the only downtown city park in South America that is home to scads of iguanas. (‘scads’ being the technical term for […]
