1832. Imagine a young guy, twenty two years old, boarding on a ship towards the end of the world. All the excitement, the worries, the curiosity and the imagination about…
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On an early morning you get picked up by a gaucho, wearing a soft hat and shin guards. The moment you board on his off-road car, cracks on the windshield…
Grand and majestic, a silent beast that breaths in cracks and communicates with thuds of ice to the ground. An instant show of masses of ices dashing on the water…
Taking a bus to El Calafate from Puerto Natales, spending quite a long time at the frontiers. The reward is driving through the horizon-less estepa feeling like in a movie:…
There is nothing more rewarding than eating up the miles for these views, peaks, vegetation. I felt a strong sense of magnificence – I am a romanticism fellow here-…
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. Charles Darwin, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1887) I started this…
Cusco The capital of the Inca empire, it is said to be the center of the world. When I got to this city, I felt an incredible excitement and a…
The region of Cusco along the Urubamba river (aka Willkanuta-house of the sun) is know as the Valle Sagrada. here the Inca Empriee flourished and the many traces are still…
Ayacucho is the city in Perú and one of the most famous in the world where the Semana Santa gets celebrated with continuous and solemn rites, resulting in a folk…
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There is a very nice and expensive train connection between Puno and Cusco. It is probably a very relaxing way to transit between the two cities, but I heard it…
Around three hours away from Arequipa a deep groove cuts the earth. While geographers are going around the world measuring Canyons, up to now Canyon de Colca is the second…