Cycling the Peruvian Coastal Desert

The Vogel Family only have a handful of months left of their journey from Alaska to Argentina. They crossed from Ecuador to Peru a few months ago, the passed through Peru’s astonishingly barren desert before heading up into the Andes and eventually into Bolivia. See the desert part of their journey in this video.

July 25, 2010 | Commentary/Opinion, Film

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Peru at the Movies: The Motorcycle Diaries

Ali Ryder presents the third in a new series of articles. Did you know there are dozens of films that either take place in or heavily feature Peru? Here revolutionary Che Guevara visits Peru.

May 10, 2010 | Film

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Poachers return to the southern Andes killing thousands of vicuñas

The silent massacres continue as fur poachers return to the southern Andes. Without mercy they kill and skin the endangered animals for their fur to smuggle to Argentina for sale on international markets. Lack of government protection of wilderness reserves leave locals without help.

October 16, 2009 | Commentary/Opinion, News

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Peruvian food in Buenos Aires [Featured]

One city in which Peruvian cuisine has had a bit of difficulty in gaining a culinary foothold is Buenos Aires. Seen for years as cheap, as geared more towards the city’s thousands of Peruvian immigrants, Peruvian cuisine had to transform itself to become the gourmet option it deserves to be.

August 7, 2008 | Peruvian Food

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The Chaski

Chaskis (Chasquis) were the famous Inca messengers, highly athletic runners who were capable of running great distances along the Inca’s extensive network of roads called the Qhapaq Ñam – the royal roads.

June 14, 2008 | Commentary/Opinion, History

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Argentina: Buenos Aires

My long awaited and expensive application for residency has been well on it’s way for a while now. When you do receive it, you are asked to leave the country to collect it, making it easier on the immigration system. This way they see a tourist leave and a resident enter – rather than them having to put a function on the system to change the status.

Argentina is a land with a currency at the same value as the Peruvian Nuevo Sol, which means its relatively cheap. The only problem for us was finding the money and waiting for a good offer on a flight. After more than a month waiting to travel it finally happened.

November 5, 2007 | Beyond Peru

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