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	<title>...en Perú - Travel Culture History News &#187; Cusco Guide</title>
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		<title>Peru Treks to Machu Picchu: What Are Your Options?</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2013/04/29/peru-treks-to-machu-picchu-what-are-your-options/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[matt]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trekking in Peru is an amazing and rewarding experience. Whether you are an active individual seeking an alternative route of getting to Machu Picchu or an experienced hiker who loves exploring off the beaten path, the variety of treks in Peru will take your level of adventure to new heights… literally!]]></description>
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		<title>Satisfying Your Hunger in Cusco – Whatever Your Budget</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2012/05/08/satisfying-your-hunger-in-cusco-%e2%80%93-whatever-your-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2012/05/08/satisfying-your-hunger-in-cusco-%e2%80%93-whatever-your-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cusco Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peruvian Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[andean food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although Lima is known to be the best place in Peru for going out to eat, it goes without saying that you might also get hungry while you are in Cusco as well.]]></description>
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		<title>Sweating It Out in the Sacred Valley</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2012/04/11/sweating-it-out-in-the-sacred-valley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cusco Guide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maureen Santucci survives a sweat lodge in the sacred valley.]]></description>
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		<title>Tipon: Garden of Kings and Land of the Cuy</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2012/02/02/tipon-garden-of-kings-and-land-of-the-cuy/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2012/02/02/tipon-garden-of-kings-and-land-of-the-cuy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cusco Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cusco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ruins]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maureen visits the archaeological site of Tipón in Cusco during low season and finds she has the place to herself.]]></description>
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		<title>Shopping Secrets of Cusco</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2012/01/30/shopping-secrets-of-cusco/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2012/01/30/shopping-secrets-of-cusco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cusco Guide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a shopper who enjoys the thrill of the hunt, Cusco has several unique shopping experiences that most tourists never discover. Venturing off the beaten path, you will find the perfect souvenir and enjoy an adventure you won’t soon forget.]]></description>
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		<title>History in Stone: An In-Depth Cusco City Tour</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2011/11/03/history-in-stone-an-in-depth-cusco-city-tour/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2011/11/03/history-in-stone-an-in-depth-cusco-city-tour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cusco Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cusco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hatunrumiyoc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qoricancha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[san blas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A detailed guide to the top attractions in the ancient Incan capital of Cusco, from SouthAmerica.travel]]></description>
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		<title>Carnival fun in Ollantaytambo</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2011/05/16/carnival-fun-in-ollantaytambo/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2011/05/16/carnival-fun-in-ollantaytambo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 16:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cusco Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carnival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cusco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ollantaytambo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re going to Ollantaytambo during the Carnival in late January and early February beware of youngsters.]]></description>
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		<title>100 Years Of Machu Picchu</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2011/04/08/100-years-of-machu-picchu/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2011/04/08/100-years-of-machu-picchu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 04:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cusco Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiram bingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[machu picchu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yale]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s true: a whole century has passed since Hiram Bingham re-discovered Machu Picchu, and Peru will be celebrating with typical enthusiasm. In the words of one government official, Culture Minister Juan Ossio has said “Celebrations must be over the top.”]]></description>
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		<title>Hidden Cusco Travel Ideas</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2011/02/16/hidden-cusco-travel-ideas/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2011/02/16/hidden-cusco-travel-ideas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cusco Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[andahuaylillas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[piquillacta]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enperublog.com/?p=6273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are hundreds of treasures to be visited in the Cusco area you may not have heard of, most of which can be explored just by adding a few extra days to your stay. ]]></description>
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		<title>Cusco Ethno-tourism: the community of Cuyuni</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2010/12/16/cusco-ethno-tourism-the-community-of-cuyuni/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2010/12/16/cusco-ethno-tourism-the-community-of-cuyuni/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cusco Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ausangate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campesinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cusco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cuyuni]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inter-Oceanic Highway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[potatoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theatre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just an hour outside Cusco is Cuyuni. A rural community, it has implemented a novel 'living' tourist circuit: a walk of four hours through traditional Andean scenery interrupted by actors playing themselves, offering visitors a resumed and interactive look at their customs and their daily lives. The trip ends with a novoandino buffet with a view of the mighty Ausangate.]]></description>
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		<title>Lose Yourself in Paucartambo</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2010/11/08/lose-yourself-in-paucartambo/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2010/11/08/lose-yourself-in-paucartambo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cusco Guide]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[virgen del carmen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For The Karikuy blog, Francis Sin describes his unforgettable experience at the annual Virgen del Carmen festival in Paucartambo.]]></description>
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		<title>Machu Picchu reveals new secrets: Inkaraqay</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2010/10/03/machu-picchu-reveals-new-secrets-inkaraqay/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2010/10/03/machu-picchu-reveals-new-secrets-inkaraqay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 05:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[huayna picchu]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only ever seen by a few people over the past century, the Inca site of Inkaraqay located on an inaccessible and nearly vertical side of the Huayna Picchu mountain that overlooks Machu Picchu, is only now being revealed to the wider world.]]></description>
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		<title>Chicha Restaurant, Cusco [Featured]</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2010/08/07/chicha-restaurant-cusco/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2010/08/07/chicha-restaurant-cusco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cusco Guide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chicha is one of several possible stops on Cusco's growing gastronomic trail. Read one travellers thoughts on celebrity chef Gastón's Andean venture.]]></description>
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		<title>The Cusco Bar Scene</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2010/07/15/the-cusco-bar-scene/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2010/07/15/the-cusco-bar-scene/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cusco Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peruvian Food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[el pisquerito bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[la chupiteria bar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cusco feels like it has been reborn since the re-opening of Machu Picchu and the end of the tourist dry-spell. Business is booming once again as the hordes arrive in the Inca capital to visit the region&#8217;s star attraction. But seeing Cusco&#8217;s great archaeological legacy...]]></description>
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		<title>The Cusco Gastronomic Scene</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2010/07/12/the-cusco-gastronomic-scene/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2010/07/12/the-cusco-gastronomic-scene/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cusco Guide]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[andean food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inka Grill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many people great food is essential for a memorable trip. For those who missed out on a lengthy culinary stay in Lima, don't pass up what Cusco has on offer.]]></description>
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		<title>Video: People of the Mountains, 1940</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2010/06/02/video-people-of-the-mountains-1940/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2010/06/02/video-people-of-the-mountains-1940/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cusco Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Modern Peru]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First presenting the contrast between the republican grandeur of Lima and the Andean stylings of Cusco, this video goes on to follow the day to day live of rural Cusqueños. In the images you will also see Machu Picchu before its restoration, as well as Sacsayhuaman, Ollantaytambo and a Cusco without cars.]]></description>
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		<title>Chinchero: Land of Great Weavers</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2010/05/11/chinchero-land-of-great-weavers/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2010/05/11/chinchero-land-of-great-weavers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 04:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinchero produces extraordinary textiles, woven with ancestral tools with Incan designs and natural colors.]]></description>
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		<title>Cusco celebrates reopening of Machu Picchu</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2010/04/02/cusco-celebrates-reopening-of-machu-picchu/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2010/04/02/cusco-celebrates-reopening-of-machu-picchu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tough times are over for Cusco's suffering tourism industry as Machu Picchu reopens to a celebrity visit and an explosive party!]]></description>
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		<title>Climb to the heights of the condors in the sacred valley</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2010/03/08/climb-to-the-heights-of-the-condors-in-the-sacred-valley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever imagined how it would feel to be like Spiderman, climbing buildings and walls? Ever wondered how the view over the sacred valley would look from the point of a condor soaring high above? Climb 300 metres up sheer cliff-face using metal handles and steps embedded into the rock.]]></description>
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		<title>Cafe Ayllu: A classic coffee shop in Cusco</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/12/29/cafe-ayllu-a-classic-coffee-shop-in-cusco/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2009/12/29/cafe-ayllu-a-classic-coffee-shop-in-cusco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although it sadly no longer exists, it's nice to be reminded of the once iconic Cafe Ayllu of Cusco, thanks to photographer Scott Vanthoff.]]></description>
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		<title>Little town of Quince Mil is becoming a Hotspot [Featured]</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/11/28/little-town-of-quincemil-is-becoming-a-hotspot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For TIME, Lucien Chauvin writes about developments in the little town of Quince Mil, from the benefits of the new Inter-Oceanic Highway that links the Atlantic with the Pacific via Peru and Brazil, to the environment problems it will bring.]]></description>
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		<title>Train to Machu Picchu-Aguas Calientes, new operators, what you need to know</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/10/08/train-to-machu-picchu-aguas-calientes-new-operators-what-you-need-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2009/10/08/train-to-machu-picchu-aguas-calientes-new-operators-what-you-need-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were only two ways to get to Machu Picchu - hiking the tracks from Santa Teresa (cheap) or catching an overpriced train from Cusco or Ollantaytambo. Now that Perú Rail's monopoly has come to an end, there are two further options to get to the Inca Citadel. ]]></description>
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		<title>Ollantaytambo: A living breathing Inca town</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/09/18/ollantaytambo-a-living-breathing-inca-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This pretty little town in the Andes is different from all the others. It may be set among beautiful mountainous scenery like all the others, be populated by indigenous locals going about their daily business like all the others, be pleasantly quiet like all the...]]></description>
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		<title>Salineras de Maras &#8211; &#8220;Inca Salt Pans&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/08/25/salineras-de-maras-inca-salt-pans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was getting late. The sun had just dipped behind the mountains that tower over the Urubamba valley and the town of the same name. The salt pans outside the town of Maras, some way above Urubamba, were just within a reasonable distance to travel. So with no plans to come back to Urubamba any time soon, it was worth a shot to reach them.]]></description>
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		<title>Charming San Blas, Cusco</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/08/13/charming-san-blas-cusco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Blas. A blend of ancient, colonial and modern, religious and decadent, peaceful and lively, traditional and new - the district is a bit of a mix to say the least. It's a hippy hang out, an artists retreat, a backpacker's home. It's a tourist puller and a night-life mecca. A religious site that is home to an important parish church, and also a place where locals live in the same homes that have stood here on the same streets, high above Cusco, for centuries. ]]></description>
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		<title>Terraces of Moray</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/08/05/terraces-of-moray/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some say Moray was an Inca laboratory used to test how different crops would perform at different temperatures. Others say it was a more of a nursery where crops were bred and cross-bred, varieties created and new foreign crops tested. A third group say it was just an ingenious means to grow warmer climate <em>maíz</em> or corn in the local cold climate. Whoever is right, this archaeological site of concentric circles of terraced farms, forming craters in the landscape, are a fascinating sight to behold.]]></description>
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		<title>The Andean Sistene Chapel in Andahuaylillas [Featured]</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/07/27/the-andean-sistene-chapel-in-andahuaylillas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark of the must-see travel blog travel-wonders.com visits what locals describe as “the Sistine Chapel of the Americas”. Though he considers that a bit of a cheeky exaggeration, this ordinary-looking church on the outside does not fail to impress once you step inside.]]></description>
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		<title>Across from Ollantaytambo</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/07/21/across-from-ollantaytambo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first visited the ruins of Ollantaytambo, I saw the Inca store houses up on the other side of the valley across the town. There's no way I could have climbed up there back then, I was just too exhausted. I figured I'd visit them "next time", whenever that would be. A couple of years passed, and "next time" finally came.]]></description>
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		<title>Inca Pisaqa &#8211; The ruins of Pisac</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/07/20/inca-pisaqa-the-ruins-of-pisac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[High above the colonial market town of Pisac, today the gateway for many tourists to the Sacred Valley, are some of the finest Inca ruins in existence. They might not be in a location quite as beautiful as Machu Picchu, or on a scale quite as monumental as Sacsayhuamán, but the stonework here is some of the best you will ever see in Peru or elsewhere. Spanning about a kilometre or two along a mountain ridge at 3250 metres above sea level, its sections are separated by natural terrain but accessible by paths and tunnels. As you march from one urban area to another along these paths, with steep drops all the way, you can't help but be awestruck by it all. ]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara ends up doing the Whipping Dance [Featured]</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/07/15/barbara-ends-up-doing-the-whipping-dance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expat writer Barbara Drake describes how she got pulled into doing the "Whipping Dance" at 15,000 feet above sea level.]]></description>
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		<title>Hatunrumiyoc and the Twelve Angle Stone</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/07/13/hatunrumiyoc-and-the-twelve-angle-stone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The origins of the magnificent ruins of a building that we call Hatunrumiyoc are lost in time. Built with huge polygonal stones, cut and fitted with exceptional precision, it is one of the most impressive structures of ancient Cusco. Its imposing walls hide a number of surprises, from the famous 12-Angle Stone, to shapes of local animals built into the structure itself.]]></description>
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		<title>Kusikancha &#8211; Inca Cusco revealed</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/06/25/kusikancha-inca-cusco-revealed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much of the ancient layout of Cusco has been lost beneath its more recent colonial buildings. Just a few of the narrow streets with central drainage channels remain and almost nothing can be seen of the city layout known as the "chanchas". That was, until now.]]></description>
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		<title>The changing face of Cusco&#8217;s plaza</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/06/19/the-changing-face-of-cuscos-plaza/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From sacred imperial capital of the Incas to commercial centre home to American chains like McDonald's and Starbucks, the face of Cusco is changing with the times.]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-Inca tomb found at Salapunku, Machu Picchu reserve</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/06/17/pre-inca-tomb-found-at-salapunku-machu-picchu-reserve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Archaeologists from the National Institute of Culture (INC) have found a pre-Inca tomb at the Salapunku archaeological site located in the protected area of Machu Picchu.

The Salapunku site, located above the railway line than today takes visitors to the ruins of Machu Picchu, is home to a bridges, an aqueducts and now pre-Inca tombs.

The discovery was made in the area known as Zone III and the tombs were located in a sheltered part of a rock face. The burial is thought to be of the Quillke culture that lived here before the Incas, as Quillke pottery was found alongside the bones, as well as fragments of obsidian.]]></description>
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		<title>Choquequirao: Cradle of Gold</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/04/03/choquequirao-cradle-of-gold/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2009/04/03/choquequirao-cradle-of-gold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home of the insurgent remains of the Inca empire after the Spanish conquest, the spectacular mountain-top ruins of Choquequirao is a site that is becoming increasingly popular with tourists. Find out more by watching the PromPeru videos below.]]></description>
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		<title>Machu Picchu, the nature reserve</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/01/19/machu-picchu-the-nature-reserve/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2009/01/19/machu-picchu-the-nature-reserve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Machu Picchu: Its more than 32,000 hectares are home to 423 types of birds, 352 kinds of butterflies, 41 species of mammals and 13 species of river creature that are protected by the National Institute of Natural Resources (INRENA). To see them you simply need to travel along the Inca trail, which is offers the best access to the biological reserve.]]></description>
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		<title>Los Ñaupa</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2009/01/13/los-naupa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They existed in a time before our time, in a world that existed before ours. These beings inhabited the planet long before us and were called the Ñaupa by the indigenous peoples of the central Andes.

Their earth was different from ours. There were no bright days or dark nights, just an ambient glow and a steady temperature. When this began to change and the great Inti, the sun god, brought night and day to the world, the Ñaupa retreated to the tallest mountains to dwell within them.]]></description>
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		<title>Machu Picchu Virtual Tour</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2008/07/26/machu-picchu-virtual-tour/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2008/07/26/machu-picchu-virtual-tour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've found this really great video of a walk around the ruins of the
Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. Enjoy.]]></description>
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		<title>Inti Raymi</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2008/06/24/inti-raymi/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2008/06/24/inti-raymi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Spanish had yet to arrive in Peru but there was such frantic activity throughout the empire in the week leading up to the 24th of June that it was obvious that something just as big was happening. In fact it happened every year and was very important - but thankfully well-rehearsed Inca rituals meant there was no real cause for alarm.]]></description>
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		<title>Qoyllur Rit&#8217;i</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2008/06/23/qoyllur-riti/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An event which attracts over 10,000 people each year, mostly local Quechua and Aymara people, Qoyllur Rit'i is a Catholic tradition wholly invented by the indigenous in the 18th Century. This religious experience, rather than being violently imposed on them from Europe, belongs completely to them and is gaining popularity among outsiders.]]></description>
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		<title>Chinchero</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/14/chinchero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinchero is a bustling market town on Sunday and a sleepy Andean village the rest of the week.

Other than the market, and the stunning views of the grassy plains and icy mountains that surround the area, the main attraction is a colonial adobe church built on the foundations of an Inca palace for late-15th-century Tupac Yupanki, in what was once an Inca city.]]></description>
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		<title>Inca Stone Masonry</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/12/inca-stone-masonry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The quality of the Incas stone work is what many people notice when visiting their ruins, or even just walking through the streets of Cusco. But how did they manage to carve so accurately, to a degree we can only just achieve today with sophisticated technology such as lasers? How could they cut the stone bricks and place them so tightly together that you couldn't slide a sheet of paper between them - that not even air can blow through?
From the works of Hiram Bingham to many recent studies, several hypothesis have been put forward. But could the answer be not so different from our modern lasers?]]></description>
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		<title>Intihuatana</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/11/intihuatana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2006 05:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Intihuatana (or Intiwatana) is referred to as the Hitching Post of the Sun - as that is what many experts think its function was, to symbolically tie the sun the the earth at the two equinoxes so it could not move further in the sky. At the time of an equinox the perfectly carved 14 degree angled stone has no shadow, yet does have one all day and all year round when not an equinox.]]></description>
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		<title>Sacred Rocks</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/11/sacred-rocks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2006 05:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In front of Huayna Picchu is a massive slab of rock that is said to take the shape of the mountains behind it. This rock, like all large rocks, was sacred to the Incas.
A major part of Inca beliefs were that such rocks store vast sums of energy that can be transferred to people. All things in nature were similarly thought to be special in some way, from water to the Sun.
Of course, the biggest rocks that exist are the Andes themselves, and this is why the Incas built everything at the tops of them, the pinnacles of the stores of energy.]]></description>
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		<title>Hiking Huayna Picchu</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/11/hiking-huayna-picchu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2006 05:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if climbing from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu, then from Machu Picchu to the Sun Gate on a mostly empty stomach was not enough, I was determined to hike to the top of Huayna Picchu.]]></description>
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		<title>Machu Picchu</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/10/machu-picchu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Machu Picchu means "old peak" in the Inca language of Quechua, as Huayna Picchu the thin point mountain at the other side of the ruins means "young peak". These are not Inca names, we don't know what they called the mountain, nor their city, rather the name was given by a geographer and cartographer working to document the region...]]></description>
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		<title>Free Custom Tours of Machu Picchu</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/10/free-custom-tours-of-machu-picchu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walking back from the Sun Gate, back to where we arrived at the end of our long climb from the valley below, we found ourselves at the Watchman's hut. From here we got our first proper postcard view of the ruins.
By now, thousands of day-trippers had arrived on the trains from Cusco, and any chance of a good photo was ruined. But there is a massive benefit to having to cope with all these people - free custom tours of Machu Picchu!]]></description>
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		<title>The Fog at the Sun Gate</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/09/the-fog-at-the-sun-gate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We arrived to Machu Picchu to see it shrouded in fog. Already exhausted from our walk from the valley below, we climbed down onto some Inca farming terraces, just below the famous Watchman's Hut and sat down in the rain to rest. We could see next to nothing of the ruins, so we decided to take a walk in the direction of the Sun Gate, from where groups of hikers were arriving from their days of hiking the Inca Trail.]]></description>
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		<title>The Long Climb to Machu Picchu</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/08/the-long-climb-to-machu-picchu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 05:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To walk to Machu Picchu from Aguas Calientes involves a steep continuous climb for an hour and a half in the rain. You can take the US$12 bus instead for a five minute journey, but that's more than what two hour-long bus rides in one of the most expensive cities in the world costs.

We set off early, just before 6am, minutes after dawn. This was 30 minutes later than planned, but we hoped to arrive no more than 30 minutes after the 6:30am opening time of the ruins. There were few other tourists awake, and the buses were just preparing for their day. It looked like we were going to be one of the first ones there. We set off from the town to the river, vaguely aware of where we were going.]]></description>
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		<title>Aguas Calientes</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/08/aguas-calientes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 05:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aguas Calientes often calls itself Machu Picchu Pueblo as its sole purpose is to be a base from which to visit the Machu Picchu ruins on the nearby Machu Picchu mountain.]]></description>
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		<title>Pisac &#8211; the market town</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/06/pisaq-the-market-town/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/06/pisaq-the-market-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We arrived in Pisac to see the ruins, town and market. Unfortunately after spending the night here we had to return to Cusco to buy our tickets to Machu Picchu.

The journey here from Cusco was cheap and easy, a little over S./2 each on a local bus, and it takes no more than 45 minutes. We took a similar bus back to Cusco, bought the tickets from the guy who wouldn't sell them to us the day before, and the bus back to Pisaq again. This took no more than a couple of hours with a added stop in plaza Rimaq-Pampa to use the internet. Within no time we were back in Pisaq.]]></description>
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		<title>Puka Pukará</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/05/puka-pukara/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This small set of ruins sits on a hilltop. It is assumed it was a fort as it commands views of the entire area and its name in Quechua means "Red Fort". It isn't as simple as that though as the place is quite small. Perhaps it was more of a guard post.
There are numerous storage areas for storing grain and cereals, it also has some places to sleep.]]></description>
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		<title>Sacsayhuamán</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/05/sacsayhuaman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pachacútec, expander of the empire, ordered the site's construction in the mid-1400's. The complex took almost 100 years to complete with thousands of men. Many of the blocks were taken from as far as 32km away. Some blocks are the size of large buses and weigh hundreds of tons. No-one knows how they managed to move them, not even how they managed to cut the bricks with laser-precision. All that survives of the place is what the Spanish weren't able to destroy - what they didn't have the technology to destroy. What you see in my photos is a mere 20% of what once stood here.]]></description>
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		<title>Qoricancha &#8211; Templo del Sol</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/04/qoricancha-templo-del-sol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2006 04:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Temple of the Sun, mostly destroyed by a Dominican church built on top, is a prime example of the clash of cultures that took place; and who dominated who.

Qoricancha was a monumental building, several blocks away from the main square of the Inca city. It was where the highest priests in the empire were based...]]></description>
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		<title>Pachacutec</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/03/pachacutec/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 04:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pachacutec was the Inca emperor who turned Cuzco from a city state to an empire that spanned from Ecuador to Chile. At one end of the Av. El Sol is a gigantic statue of him that you can visit and climb.]]></description>
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		<title>Cusco&#8217;s Monasterio de Santa Catalina</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/03/cuscos-monasterio-de-santa-catalina/</link>
		<comments>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/03/cuscos-monasterio-de-santa-catalina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2006 04:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This monastery was finished in 1610 and built on top of the destroyed Inca ruins of Acllawasi. This monastery is famous for its colonial religious art, particularly its collection of the Escuela Cusqueña paintings. These are some of the greatest works of Amerindian art in Cuzco - a mix of taught European styles with indigenous influences.]]></description>
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		<title>Quechua street names</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/02/quechua-street-names/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's nice to walk around Cusco and see street names in the Quechua language, the language of the Incas. These two are particularly fun to pronounce. ]]></description>
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		<title>Inca Q&#8217;osco</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/02/inca-qosco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Inca city of Q'osco was large even by our standards, with numerous grand palaces, public buildings and temples. Despite their hate for the un-Godly yet vastly superior architecture, the Spanish couldn't destroy all of it and much is still highly visible as the bottom half of almost all colonial buildings. Inca temples now prop up grand baroque churches and Inca palaces were turned into the foundations of colonial mansions.]]></description>
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		<title>Streets of Cusco</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/02/streets-of-cusco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A photo tour of the streets of Cusco.]]></description>
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		<title>God now charges by the hour</title>
		<link>http://enperublog.com/2006/11/01/god-now-charges-by-the-hour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 03:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I knew something was up when several metres in front of us I saw two tourists approach Cuzco's grand cathedral, speak with a couple of guys blocking the door, then walk away disappointed. Perhaps it was closed to tourists today?
It turns out that if you want to enter the cathedral and look around, something I do in every city in Peru and takes a few minutes, you have to pay S./16 per person. Only in Cuzco would you have to pay to enter a cathedral. But it doesn't stop there. We tried to enter other churches that took our interest, many of which built by destroying Inca buildings to use the bricks or foundations. The story was the same, cough up huge sums of money or God is just not interested.

We couldn't afford to enter the cathedral or any churches in Cuzco. Perhaps God will welcome us into his flock when we earn a higher salary.]]></description>
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