Archive for March, 2008

Canta

Canta

The town of Canta sits upon a hill high up in the Chillón Valley of Lima. Sitting on another nearby hill is Obrajillo, and on another San Miguel. This peaceful and picturesque town, green throughout most of the year, is just two hours journey from Lima.

March 30, 2008 | Lima Region Guide

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Petroglyphs of Checta

Petroglyphs of Checta

The rock art at Checta may be as much as 5000 years old, some say more. Carved onto rocks above the Chillon valley in the department of Lima, the petroglyphs hold the yet uninterpreted secrets of some of the most ancient Peruvians.

March 28, 2008 | Archaeology, Lima Region Guide

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Peru Says Chavez Backs Domestic Revolt

Peru Says Chavez Backs Domestic Revolt

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Hugo Chavez has been accused of using Venezuela’s oil riches to meddle in Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia and Nicaragua. Now, Peru’s president says the Venezuelan leader may be doing it here by funding militants and anti-poverty centers that preach populist revolution.

March 24, 2008 | News

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Valle de Chillón

Valle de Chillón

As with all valleys leading into the mountains from Lima’s desert coast, the Chillón starts sandy and dry but soon starting turning green the higher up you go, especially during the Andean rainy season which is yet to finish.

March 23, 2008 | Lima Region Guide, Nature

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Puya Raimondii

Puya Raimondii

The largest plant in its family, its also the largest thing able to grow at an altitude of 4000m+. This endangered plant, found only in the highest regions of Peru and Bolivia, flowers once in 100 years then dies.

March 23, 2008 | Nature

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Huaycos

Huaycos

Huayco (also Huaico) is a Peruvian term for the flash floods that occur regularly during the rainy season in the Andes. Often they are regular but minor, such as the one that affected me yesterday in the Chillón valley, blocking the road with mud, boulders and a torrent of water for several hours. Other times they can be more violent, washing away bridges and even towns.

March 22, 2008 | Lima City Guide, Nature, Opinion

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Morro Solar

Morro Solar

The Morro Solar of Chorrillos was the scene of a battle, was once an exclusive beach resort in the 1800s and nowadays is home to an observatory, some monuments and the exclusive Regatta’s club.

March 17, 2008 | Culture & History, Lima City Guide

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United Nations demands Peru abandon culture and traditions

United Nations demands Peru abandon culture and traditions

Stop producing coca leaves and abandon traditions established millennia ago by banning your people’s coca consumption, the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board has demanded of Peru and Bolivia.

March 6, 2008 | Culture & History, News

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Lima’s other side

Lima’s other side

The fertile green mountain valleys of the Andes were traded for the rocky desert wasteland that is the Peruvian desert coast. There were no homes for the new arrivals, nor land, nor money to buy either – so they had to invade.

March 6, 2008 | Lima City Guide, Opinion

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Larcomar

Larcomar

A sunny day in Miraflores, as new penthouses tower over the up-scale Larcomar shopping mall, which sits embedded in the cliffs of the Coast Verde overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

March 2, 2008 | Lima City Guide, Opinion

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