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Lima: It’s Not As Gray As They Say

Diego Cupolo — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:31:42 +0000

Pan-American Transmissions: Part 9 “Pan-American Transmissions” is a travel series from Special Contributor Diego Cupolo as he travels south from Nicaragua to Argentina. He has few plans, a $10-a-day budget and one flute-playing gypsy companion. Check back as new dispatches are posted from the road. “Don’t go, it’s ugly. Nothing [...]

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Machu Picchu Getting New International Airport

Matt Stabile — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:33:25 +0000

To help accommodate the one million-plus visitors who visit Machu Picchu every year (up 30% in 2011 alone), the government of Peru has announced the construction of a new USD$460 million international airport near Cusco.

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Finding Bliss In Hualcayan, Peru

Matt Stabile — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:00:17 +0000

The air is cold and clear at night. Small, white puffs of smoke float drearily away from my lips, relenting to the frigid temperature. As I stare up at the brightly dotted night sky, I see something that grips my senses: The moon rising over a mountain peak. The mountains [...]

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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Machu Picchu And The 5 Best Ways To Get There

Matt Stabile — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:06:49 +0000

James Gilland is the marketing coordinator at AdventureLink.com and associate editor of its blog. AdventureLink is a site that helps travelers find and book the world’s best adventure trips. For more information about visiting Machu Picchu, visit AdventureLink’s Machu Picchu tours page. 1) Machu Picchu Was Never Actually Finished Archaeologists [...]

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November Photo Contest Winner: Cusco’s Inti Raymi Festival

Jon Wick — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:02:34 +0000

The world is ripe with parties and festivals, each with its own unique flavor of the local culture, cuisine, love and dance. This month’s photo contest, chosen from our Flickr group, was a celebration of travel through partying. Our winning shot comes from the Inti Raymi Festival in Cusco, Peru. This [...]

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The Expeditioner’s October Travel Photography Contest Winner: South American Warmth

Jon Wick — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:45:18 +0000

What makes a place? Is it the food, the drink, the clothing? The winning shot from this past month’s Flickr photo contest suggests a definitive answer: people. Though culture can be defined by so many things, it is passed on and embodied by those within. Congratulations to Filippo Tafi and [...]

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100 Years Of Machu Picchu, But For How Much Longer?

Matt Stabile — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:57:16 +0000

Travelers have been visiting Machu Picchu for 100 years now, ever since Yale University professor Hiram Bingham III rediscovered the site on July 24, 1911. But with increased traffic, site degradation, and bureaucratic wrangling, many are left wondering: How much longer will visitors be able to visit Machu Picchu? Much [...]

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Madre De Dios

Matt Stabile — Mon, 09 May 2011 12:00:59 +0000

The rain sounded different to Cusco rain. Fatter, wetter somehow, the decadent splatter of water on leaf. The drugs had me pinned between an exhausted indifference to whatever may have been crawling through the holes in walls and window screens, and a lurid imagining of too-many-legged tarantulas seeking escape from [...]

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Going To Machu Picchu This Fall? See The Rest Of Peru

Matt Stabile — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:00:14 +0000

The high season for Machu Picchu is roughly June through September, as summer travelers use their vacation time to explore the ruins in the predictably good weather these months bring. In October the rainy season begins, not a great time to trek along narrow paths and camp outside. Oddly enough, [...]

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Peru: Your Guide To Eating Cute, Cuddly Things

Luke Armstrong — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:00:26 +0000

Let me just start by saying that when I was a kid, I had Guinea pigs as pets. Those Guinea pigs had babies. Those babies then had babies with their parents. Those babies had an odd number of limbs. Regardless of my pet’s incestuous behavior, I loved them. When my [...]

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