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Chicha Restaurant, Cusco [Featured]
Chicha is one of several possible stops on Cusco’s growing gastronomic trail. Read one travellers thoughts on celebrity chef Gastón’s Andean venture.
August 7, 2010 | Cusco Guide, Peruvian Food
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World’s largest tropical glacier to disappear in less than 10 years
The Quelccaya ice field is some 5,500 metres above sea level and 44 kilometres in length extending up the Vilcanota cordillera in Cusco, making it the largest in the tropics. Unfortunately it won’t exist for much longer.
August 6, 2010 | News
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Inti Raymi: Cultural Preservation or Capitalistic Exploitation? [Featured]
With tickets sold to tourists priced at $80 each, indigenous Cusqueños are effectively barred from the modern-day recreations of their ancestors’ most important religious event, Inti Raymi. Is there anything left in this “ritual” that reflects the Inca empire’s glorious past, or is it all a show put on to make money from tourists? Camden Luxford explains.
July 31, 2010 | Commentary/Opinion, Traditions
South Korea to send humanitarian aid for victims of cold wave in Peru
The Korean government has decided to send emergency relief supplies worth 50,000 dollars to Peru, where people have died due to the recent cold wave.
July 31, 2010 | News
The Cusco Bar Scene
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’s star attraction. But seeing Cusco’s great archaeological legacy is done during the day… so what’s a visitor to [...]
July 15, 2010 | Cusco Guide, Peruvian Food
The Cusco Gastronomic Scene
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.
July 12, 2010 | Cusco Guide, Peruvian Food
Video: People of the Mountains, 1940
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.
June 2, 2010 | Cusco Guide, Film, Modern Peru
Chinchero: Land of Great Weavers
Chinchero produces extraordinary textiles, woven with ancestral tools with Incan designs and natural colors.
May 11, 2010 | Art, Cusco Guide, Traditions
Collapsed Sacsayhuamán wall reveals older adode wall
The heavy rains at the start of the year that caused damage to the walls of the ancient Sacsayhuamán site above the Inca imperial city of Cusco seem to have had at least one upside.
May 1, 2010 | Archaeology, News
Colonial-era buildings in the historic center of Cusco risk collapse
Historic Cusco is at serious risk. Dozens of colonial buildings face collapse and authorities aren’t doing a thing to prevent it.
April 5, 2010 | Commentary/Opinion, News
Cusco celebrates reopening of Machu Picchu
The tough times are over for Cusco’s suffering tourism industry as Machu Picchu reopens to a celebrity visit and an explosive party!
April 2, 2010 | Cusco Guide, News
Ceremonial huaca found at Salapunku site
Archaeologists working at the Salapunku site near Machu Picchu in Cusco have discovered a new ceremonial platform or huaca, a holy site used to make offerings to local apus.
March 24, 2010 | Archaeology, News
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