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Machu Picchu!
... una idea de lo bueno que estaba, volvi 3 veces! Tambien visitamos el museo del Pisco, la bebida típica de Perú, hecha de una base de licor, zumo de lima, y componentes endulzantes.
También nos enseñaron el barrio bohemio y una parte menos turística de la cuidad, y pudimos probar cerveza local, pisco, comida típica...
Hay muchas plazas con jardines, edificios coloniales con balcones de estilo colonial, iglesias, pero lo que domina en la ...
Peru Part 1: The Tip of the Glacier
We've been in Peru for about… three weeks now? Something like that. We started at a beach town in the northernmost tip of Peru: Mancora, a town seemingly built of sand, on sand and for the sand; and reputedly one of the best beaches on the west coast of South America. It certainly didn’t disappoint on the weather front, and we spent a couple of days alternately roasting and basting ourselves on the miles of soft, yellow sand, watching the waves break, as seabirds ...
Machu Picchu, Salinas de Marais y Moray
... no one knows the name of the site of ruins. We had a small walk around, but the main tour was the following morning. That evening, I went to banos tempranos (hot springs). I was very underwhelmed by the oversized spas with old people drinking beer. Alejandro assured me the smell was sulphur from the pools, but I know urine when I smell it. That night was dinner at the hostel, some time to watch 'Peru's got Talent' and bed. The hostel is nice, but the town is made ...
Granite Puzzles, City Bustles
... our own concoctions of chocolate, mint and coffee chocolates anyone??
The old town of Cusco forms the shape of a puma, kind of, if you squint your eyes when you look at the map. The Inca fortress seqsaywaman or ‘sexy woman’ as we gringos remember it, is the head of the cat while the fortified wall’s jagged boundary line make sharp teeth. Here a tragic battle between the Spanish and the Incas left thousands dead and the ...
Realizing an 8-Year Dream: The Inca Trail
... seen in almost every advertising / marketing material) is taken from. 3) Intihuatana - An amazing piece of carved stone that uses the sun to indicate precisely when the summer / winter solstice dates are (useful to remember that the Incas didn't have the luxury of watches or calendars). On the day of the winter solstice (can't remember which date), the sun will be directly above the stone and cast no shadow. To achieve this, the stone has to be slanted by exactly 13 degrees to ...
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