Peru descends on Peru, Nebraska
Watch as the small town of Peru, in Nebraska in the United States, is turned Peruvian as part of the campaign to launch the new Peru brand.
View ArticleThe Dakar Rally Heads To Peru
The 2012 Dakar Rally is heading to Peru as South America was chosen to host the event for the fourth consecutive time. Peru will play host to the final four stages of the off-road rally race after the...
View ArticleMiguel Grau and the Battle of Angamos
Known as the Gentleman of the Seas, Admiral Miguel Grau is remembered by friends and enemies alike as not only a great tactician in naval warfare, but also for his chivalry, the like of which had not...
View ArticleDía de la Canción Criolla… en Londres?? [Featured]
Creole Song Day... in London?? Alan Malarkey writes, with photos, from London.
View ArticleArgentina: 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...
View ArticleEcuador: Vilcabamba’s Rumi Wilco Eco-Lodge
It all started as home. After 16 years mostly as a naturalist in the Galápagos islands (one year in the Amazon, two and a half years in the USA studying zoology), Orlando came to Vilcabamba in southern...
View ArticleEcuador: Vilcabamba
The small town of Vilcabamba is 40 minutes south of Loja by colectivo or 1 hour away by bus. It is nestled between green forested hills in what was once an Inca sacred valley. Vilcabamba was made...
View ArticleEcuador: Loja
The city of Loja is Ecuador's most southern major city and base from which to explore the country's green mountains and cloud forests, in villages such as Vilcabamba.
View ArticleEcuador: Macará
The border town has a strangely painted red and yellow cathedral that looks as if it could be a children's toy model. Crossing into Ecuador, the mountains became more green.
View ArticleMacará border crossing
I've crossed the Peruvian/Ecuadorian border twice at Tumbes (1,2) at it was not a very pleasurable experience. Macará is said to be very different, so when having to cross into Ecuador last week, I...
View ArticleEcuador: Race to the border
We left Cuenca mid-afternoon, eager to return to Perú. We needed to arrive at the border and cross it before dark, worrying about what might happen if we were wandering through the Huaquillas...
View ArticleEcuador: Cuenca
From Ingapirca we returned to El Tambo to take a bus to Cuenca, no more than 2 hours away. As we approached I noticed the city seemed less run-down and dirty than the other cities we had seen so far....
View ArticleEcuador: Ingapirca
The Cañaris, a strong and proud people, didn't want to submit to the Incas, as many other civilisations had done when the empire was being expanded into what is now Chile/Argentina and...
View ArticleEcuador: Alien visits the Incas
A local woman was walking up the same mountain and confirmed that the Pan-American (a road from Chile to Alaska) was indeed at the top. The walk was arduous but we did make it - and faster than anyone...
View ArticleEcuador: La Nariz del Diablo – The Devil’s Nose
The Devil's Nose is part of the rail journey to Sibambe from Riobamba and has been extended to be the name of the entire journey which is now solely for tourists. There used to be a railway that ran...
View ArticleEcuador: Riobamba
We left Tena the next morning, heading south towards home. Via Puyo we arrived at Riobamba to catch the train to Alausí. We spent a full day here to allow us to use a local laundry - we only had a...
View ArticleEcuador: Ethnotourism – Meeting the locals
Later that same day, after lunch and a rest in a hammock, we headed out on a 3 hour walk to a nearby indigenous community. First we had to cross the River Napo so we could get to the trail through the...
View ArticleEcuador: A morning trek in the Amazon
With our guide that we arranged for in Tena at the last moment and a last minute price, we headed out to an eco-lodge in the forest for the day. From the lodge - a wooden construction perched on a...
View ArticleEcuador: Tena
Enough of the mountains... we had escaped the heat of the coast for here, but now the British climate of the Andes was becoming irritating. Too cold, too cloudy and annoying on-and-off rain. It was...
View ArticleEcuador: Peguche
While in Otavalo we decided to take a local bus to one of the nearby towns just to see what was there. We went to Peguche and found some houses, a church, two shops and an artisan's studio. The area...
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