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Travel
7 May, 2008 12:00:31 | in Cusco
Is it OK to visit Machu Picchu?
The Guardian
By Rory Carroll
The headlines from Peru look bleak. Tourist hordes overwhelming Inca sites. Huge new hotels endangering Machu Picchu. A wonder of the world cracking at the seams.
The news is not as bad as it looks. Globalisation has not scalped another victim, not yet anyway, and concealed in these tidings of woe are reasons to cheer.
By Rory Carroll
The headlines from Peru look bleak. Tourist hordes overwhelming Inca sites. Huge new hotels endangering Machu Picchu. A wonder of the world cracking at the seams.The news is not as bad as it looks. Globalisation has not scalped another victim, not yet anyway, and concealed in these tidings of woe are reasons to cheer.
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29 April, 2008 22:00:59 | in Amazon
Peru: Splendour of a hotel with a heart
The Independent
By Rory Ross
One entrepreneur has set up a not-for-profit hotel chain in order to help preserve the wildlife and culture of Peru. Rory Ross is suitably impressed
Jose "Joey" Koechlin von Stein, a Peruvian entrepreneur, waved a paperback at me. "This book," he says, "took 25 years to compile." The cover features a picture of a tropical plant. "It contains descriptions of 1,266 species." Silence fell, as he let this nugget sink in. "For 30 years," he continued, "we have been collecting information on what is out there in the Amazonian rainforest, in order to understand how it relates to each other... and not only to preserve it, but also to provide jobs."We were dining at Joey's villa, a beautiful, candlelit museum of Peruvian art, silverware and pre-Columbian artefacts in Monterrico, an upmarket suburb of Lima. Running an eye over Joey's mounted collections of Incan huacos (clay funereal figurines), stone carvings from the pre-Incan Chavin cult and wooden doors salvaged from the old presidential palace in Lima, I was not surprised to learn that his glamorous wife, Denise, is an interior designer.
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23 April, 2008 07:00:01 | in Cusco
Peru: Inca Trail? Not this summer
Gadling.com
By Jeremy Kressmann
World travelers just can't get enough of Peru's famous Inca Trail. But has the Inca Trail had enough of them? It may come as surprise to anyone still planning summer travel to Peru, but the world-famous path to Machu Picchu is completely sold out for the 2008 summer travel season, with the next available opening in September 2008.
As veteran Peru trekkers might know, the Peruvian government began imposing restrictions in 2005 on the number of hikers who could take the path each day to no more than 500.
By Jeremy Kressmann
World travelers just can't get enough of Peru's famous Inca Trail. But has the Inca Trail had enough of them? It may come as surprise to anyone still planning summer travel to Peru, but the world-famous path to Machu Picchu is completely sold out for the 2008 summer travel season, with the next available opening in September 2008.As veteran Peru trekkers might know, the Peruvian government began imposing restrictions in 2005 on the number of hikers who could take the path each day to no more than 500.
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15 April, 2008 09:00:43 | in Peru
Yahtzee: Peru or Bust
Sun Valley Online
By David Larson
Going to Peru reminds the soul the importance of money, the importance of family, the importance of religion, the importance of friends.
My flight from Portland to Atlanta to Lima touched down Tuesday at midnight. With the nighttime warmth greeting, taxis screaming and shanty looking neighborhoods full of kids playing night time soccer, I headed to the neighborhood of San Miguel, where I would eat warm empanadas, sip on Nescafe, roll my eyes at picky Argentians and catch another flight to Cusco.
My flight from Portland to Atlanta to Lima touched down Tuesday at midnight. With the nighttime warmth greeting, taxis screaming and shanty looking neighborhoods full of kids playing night time soccer, I headed to the neighborhood of San Miguel, where I would eat warm empanadas, sip on Nescafe, roll my eyes at picky Argentians and catch another flight to Cusco.
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8 April, 2008 10:27:53 | in Amazon
Peru: Aussie Heroes Raft the Entire Amazon
Iquitos Times
At the stroke of midnight on the 21st of February, Australians Nathan Welch and Mark Kalch became just the 4th team in history to successfully navigate the Amazon River – the longest and one of the most dangerous rivers on the planet. Their six month expedition began from the Amazon's first drop of water high in the Peruvian Andes and finished 6870km away at the Atlantic Ocean off the Brazilian coastline.
At the stroke of midnight on the 21st of February, Australians Nathan Welch and Mark Kalch became just the 4th team in history to successfully navigate the Amazon River – the longest and one of the most dangerous rivers on the planet. Their six month expedition began from the Amazon's first drop of water high in the Peruvian Andes and finished 6870km away at the Atlantic Ocean off the Brazilian coastline. read more »
2 April, 2008 13:30:18 | in Cusco
Cusco: Into thin air
By Rob McFarland
nzherald.co.nz
I've never been so apprehensive about getting off a plane. After spending most of the flight from Lima to Cusco reading about symptoms of altitude sickness, I am convinced I'm going to faint the second the door is opened.I venture nervously out and take my first breath of oxygen-starved Cusco air. Then a second. And a third. The relief is palpable. I'm going to survive.
Even if you don't share my morbid addiction to the Lonely Planet's environmental hazards section, the spectacular descent through cloud-shrouded mountains into Cusco will leave you in little doubt that you're now at a serious altitude - 3326m above sea level.
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26 March, 2008 08:45:54 | in Peru
Visit to the island of Amantani in Peru’s Lake Titicaca
Block Island writer visits the island of Amantani in Peru’s Lake Titicaca
By Jen Lighty
The Block Island Times
After ten years of contemplative Block Island winters, I finally took that trip to the Andes I’ve been talking about (for 10 years). Much to my surprise, the magnificent mountains were not my favorite place in Peru. Rather, I found myself enchanted with Amantani, an island in Lake Titicaca, which, at seven square kilometers, is just a little bigger than Block Island.
I began my trip with a visit to the home of former Block Island residents Rosalee and Peruko Ccopacatty. Peruko, a native of the area surrounding Lake Titicaca, told me that South America is 50 years behind the United States in both positive and negative ways.
By Jen Lighty
The Block Island Times
After ten years of contemplative Block Island winters, I finally took that trip to the Andes I’ve been talking about (for 10 years). Much to my surprise, the magnificent mountains were not my favorite place in Peru. Rather, I found myself enchanted with Amantani, an island in Lake Titicaca, which, at seven square kilometers, is just a little bigger than Block Island.I began my trip with a visit to the home of former Block Island residents Rosalee and Peruko Ccopacatty. Peruko, a native of the area surrounding Lake Titicaca, told me that South America is 50 years behind the United States in both positive and negative ways.
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19 March, 2008 00:15:17 | in Peru
Exploring Peru
Cornell professor and wife find beauty, history in their travels
By Daniel R. Schwarz
Special to The Journal
After visiting Argentina and Brazil last December, my wife and I wanted to continue our exploration of South America. While our primary goal as travelers is learning about history and culture, other incentives were South America's warm summer weather and long hours of daylight during our dark glacial Ithaca winter.
When possible, we try to avoid organized tours. Using some suggestions from tour brochures and friends, we booked our trip ourselves and made arrangements with hotels by e-mail. LAN, the Chilean International airline, served us well throughout our trip. We arrived early Dec. 17 in Lima, Peru where, as we descended, I had my first sighting of the magnificent Andes. From beginning to ending, including flights, our trip lasted 18 days.
By Daniel R. Schwarz
Special to The Journal
After visiting Argentina and Brazil last December, my wife and I wanted to continue our exploration of South America. While our primary goal as travelers is learning about history and culture, other incentives were South America's warm summer weather and long hours of daylight during our dark glacial Ithaca winter.
When possible, we try to avoid organized tours. Using some suggestions from tour brochures and friends, we booked our trip ourselves and made arrangements with hotels by e-mail. LAN, the Chilean International airline, served us well throughout our trip. We arrived early Dec. 17 in Lima, Peru where, as we descended, I had my first sighting of the magnificent Andes. From beginning to ending, including flights, our trip lasted 18 days.
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12 March, 2008 08:00:20 | in Cusco
Amazing agricultural legacy in the Sacred Valley of Peru
Bob Thomas, Ag-Venture Tours
Farms.com
The Inca ruins defy description. Of Peru’s 30 million inhabitants, there is only one remote community, Queros, where 300 inhabitants remain of pure Inca blood. The rest of the population is now mostly Mestizo, which describes those with part Inca and part Spanish blood. While the Spanish conquistadors claimed military victory, it was actually diseases like smallpox and yellow fever introduced from Europe which weakened and destroyed the 17 million original Incas who dominated a vast territory stretching from Central America to Chile for 500 years from 1100 to 1600 AD.
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5 March, 2008 12:00:38 | in Amazon
Peru: Go with the flow
Simon Calder
The Independent
Simon Calder experiences perfection on a freewheeling trip on the Amazon
Perfect green: that defines the amazingly narrow yet startling spectrum of the Amazon rainforest. And it also happens to define what I have right here. They are perfectly green, fresh and clean, and I am counting them out: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. Five $10 bills, straight from the US Mint, and the perfect conclusion to a trip as close to ideal as you could ever wish for in travel. Here you are, Segundo – gracias y hasta la próxima.
Aboard the Río Amazonas, Segundo Mesia fulfils a range of roles: tour director, ensuring the merry band of tourists – mainly American – are kept informed, fed and entertained. He was born in Iquitos, one end of the usual voyage of this most unusual vessel.
The Independent
Simon Calder experiences perfection on a freewheeling trip on the Amazon
Perfect green: that defines the amazingly narrow yet startling spectrum of the Amazon rainforest. And it also happens to define what I have right here. They are perfectly green, fresh and clean, and I am counting them out: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. Five $10 bills, straight from the US Mint, and the perfect conclusion to a trip as close to ideal as you could ever wish for in travel. Here you are, Segundo – gracias y hasta la próxima.
Aboard the Río Amazonas, Segundo Mesia fulfils a range of roles: tour director, ensuring the merry band of tourists – mainly American – are kept informed, fed and entertained. He was born in Iquitos, one end of the usual voyage of this most unusual vessel.
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Corrado Filipponi says :
8 May, 2008 09:30:57
hey guysgreat job!!!!!!!!!!i be with martin strel, the slowenian swimmer down the amazon 2007 and al ... - In In the Heart of the Candamo Reserve
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7 May, 2008 22:03:30
Awesome - In Peru: Splendour of a hotel with a heart
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2 May, 2008 22:18:09
Nice comment!! I'm going to Puerto Maldonado soon, so excited.. can we write to "Joey" ...
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