Superman is the latest in a line of celebrities to visit the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu this year, as he takes time out to contemplate saving the world in his latest comic book adventure.
September 30, 2007 | Opinion
As part of my series Explorando Lima, in which I try to demonstrate the vast diversity and astounding beauty of Peru – so much of it that you need not even leave the region of Lima to find it, I show you arguably the most spectacular and beautiful places on the face of the earth. A remote range of mountains visited only by the most experienced of high-altitude hikers. The Cordillera of Huayhuash.
September 28, 2007 | Ancash & Huaraz Guide
Continuing my series, Explorando Lima, in which I demonstrate the immense diversity that Peru has to offer without even leaving the region of Lima, I visit the Reserva Nacional de Lachay – an oasis in the desert between Huacho and Chancay.
September 26, 2007 | Nature
Maíz, or corn, is something extremely Peruvian but unlike potatoes, is not from here. It’s actually from Central America, from where its cultivation reached Peru and became the Inca’s sacred food. There are hundreds of types of corn in the Americas, and dozens in Peru. The photo above of types of corn that can be found in Peru, taken by Jenny Mealing, inspired me to read about the grain’s history.
September 25, 2007 | Peruvian Food
According to some of the climate change models that were reported on the news here some time ago, predictions were made that showed in as little as 50 years the Amazon could dry up to become an arid savannah. The dense tropical forests would be replaced open grassland, and eventually, desert.
I still haven’t gotten used to the fact that in Peru the poor are the ones who live in the oldest, most historic and most culturally valuable buildings in the country, and in some cases most of South America.
It’s still strange to me that some of the most run-down, rough and poorest neighbourhoods are also the oldest, and that they are falling apart and no-one seems to care.
What’s strange to Peruvians, especially those who live in these buildings that can be hundreds of years old, is that in most other countries these buildings would be snapped up by the richest of the rich and be worth millions if not tens of million of dollars.
September 19, 2007 | Culture & History, Lima City Guide, Opinion
Locals in towns south-east of the city of Puno, towards the Bolivian border reported seeing a orange-glowing object roar across the sky before plummeting into the earth creating a crater several metres wide. Despite this, and a small earthquake it caused, no-one was immediately hurt and it only became a concern when as many as 500 families, living in and near the town of Carancas where the meteorite hit, reported symptoms of possible radiation poisoning.
September 18, 2007 | News
Chontay was once and ancient resting stop or tambo on the way to Pachacamac from Juaja. The pre-Inca tambo building that existed was destroyed by the Spanish who built a church of the same proportions in its place in the 1630s. The bell is almost as old, from 1794. Some ruins can still be found, along with farming terraces which were once used to grow cereals and coca.
September 14, 2007 | Lima Region Guide
As part of the series Explorando Lima, in which I demonstrate the immense diversity that Peru has to offer without even leaving the region of Lima, I visit Antioquia, a town that brightened its future with a lick of paint.
September 10, 2007 | Culture & History
It’s been more than 19 years since all forms of vehicle safety inspections were abandoned throughout Peru leading to thousands of unsafe cars, taxis and buses using the countries roads.
September 10, 2007 | News
As I continue Explorando Lima, where I demonstrate the immense diversity that Peru has to offer without even leaving the region of Lima, I come across a style of cooking spicy fresh-water shrimp.
September 6, 2007 | Peruvian Food
As part of the series Explorando Lima, in which I demonstrate the immense diversity that Peru has to offer without even leaving the region of Lima, I walk part of the Qhapaq Ñam, the Royal Road otherwise known as the Inca Trail, in the valley of Lurín.
For more on the Qhapaq Ñan, see The Chaski
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September 4, 2007 | Lima Region Guide
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