The Best Ice Cream Places in Lima
Ice cream is a delicious treat for everyone. It’s cold, sweet, and it comes in a variety of flavors to suit almost any taste. Even if it’s summer or winter,…
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Oluwakemi Ojo
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How to Spend a Day in Miraflores, Lima
Twenty four hours in Miraflores is nowhere near enough, but if that’s all the time you’ve got you’ll need to develop a solid plan so that you can make most…
The Tuber Trail – A Journey into Peru’s Quechua Potato Culture
The next time you eat mashed potato, pause.You may just be consuming “Ashes of a Soul” that have been beaten to pulp (and chances are, its not yours!). Did that…
Sacred Spaces in the Sacred Valley
In the heart of Peru, several streams and rivulets course out of the gorges of the Andes, to join the River Urubamba or the Rio Sagrado (Sacred River). The waters…
Back-Strap Loom: Women Weavers as the Backbone of Peru’s Textile Heritage
“I always brought my spindle. That’s the easiest thing to bring. You need yarn, you have to produce yarn, you cannot just be a weaver. (My spinning) is the thing…
Jungle Fodder – Food Fantasies from the Peruvian Amazon
Are you known to be an adventurous eater? If so, the Peruvian Amazon will provide fodder for your stomach – and imagination. While fish, fruit and fowl form the staples…
Quinoa or Kaniwa? Superfoods in the Peruvian Kitchen
It’s not just that Peruvian cuisine is delicious (which it undoubtedly is). It’s that Peru’s indigenous foods pack a super punch of wholesomeness and healthiness that literally make Peru a…
People to People: Peru from a point of view
“Im not your guide. I am an artist.”Mariu is an artist –through and through – and her first love is Peruvian art. Mariu paints – expressively, intensely, and more often…
En Famille with Enigma
In our opinion, few experiences can exceed the joy of traveling with one’s family. Undertake a new adventure, discover a new land and create an indelible bond between each one…
Lake Titicaca: A Journey to the Birthplace of the Sun
Titicaca is a place shrouded in mysticism. Even the origins of its name are somewhat obscure. According to Andean folklore, it’s the birthplace of the sun and it certainly seems…