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Triumphant alpaca, Sacsayhuamán, Cusco, Peru

Incan ruins and alpacas at Sacsayhuamán, Cusco

June 12, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays

Some people visit the ruins of Sacsayhuamán in the hills just above Cusco, Peru to see the remarkable Incan walls, bricks carved so perfectly that the thinnest blade can’t fit into the seam between them. Others come to see the…

Painting by "Vera", Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Cusco, Peru painting

Cusco’s delightfully dinky museums

June 11, 2012 · by Lauren · in Art, Peru, Travel Guides

With all the Incan ruins to see and llamas to pose with, most people visiting Peru’s Sacred Valley probably wouldn’t stop in any of Cusco‘s museums if admission wasn’t included in the boleto turistico. Not us. Todd and I would…

Stencil street art of Peruvian taking a tourist's photo, Cusco, Peru photo

Sacred and profane: Put a tout on it

June 7, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays, Travel Stories

We avoid making eye contact with most everyone in Cusco‘s Plaza de Armas. Being so shifty eyed makes chilling out on one of the main square’s park benches a little awkward. We want to people watch, because there are just…

Transit of Venus 2012, San Francisco, CA photo

Captured: Transit of Venus 2012

June 5, 2012 · by Lauren · in Photo Essays, San Francisco

Today’s transit of Venus is the last one we’ll see in our lifetimes. We were lucky to have a fog-free afternoon to watch the small dot traipse across the sun. We still had our eclipse glasses from our recent solar…

Beseecher at Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, Cusco, Peru photo

Sacred and profane: Put a cross on it

June 5, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays, Travel Stories

Neither Todd or I are religious. Ask us if we believe in god, and we’ll tell you stories instead. About how, when we first moved to San Francisco, we hosted a combined Passover Easter party and a Hindu guest knew…

Indie Travel Podcast guest blog screenshot

“Ring of fire: How to chase a solar eclipse” on Indie Travel Podcast

June 1, 2012 · by Lauren · in Travel Guides, United States

Todd and I got a little nerdy recently. Okay, hella nerdy.

Sign with arrow pointing to Machu Picchu, Peru photo

Sacred Valley, Peru travel guide – The YEH, MEH, NAHs

May 31, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Guides

If Machu Picchu vanished, retrieved by Incan extra-terrestrials, the Sacred Valley would still be a top Peru destination. We visited in mid-March, at the tail end of Peru’s rainy season. I can’t imagine a better time to visit. The valley…

Sacred Valley bus crash, Pisac, Peru photo

Buzz kill bus crash in Peru

May 30, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Stories

First, to our friends and families: We’re fine. We were not on this bus. Pisac, Peru is a small town with a central area of cobblestone streets fit only for tour groups, pedestrians, packs of dogs, donkey-drawn carts, and wheelbarrows….

Fear of heights at Pisac ruins, Peru photo

The hills are alive with the sound of pan flute

May 29, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays, Travel Stories

“Where’s. That. Music. Coming. From?” I ask Todd as we pause our up up uphill hike to the ruins over Pisac, Peru. “Do you. See. Anyone?” “Nope.” “Wait. Is that, pan flute? It is. Ugh, pan flute!”

Onion seller at the Pisac Sunday Market, Peru photo

Cebollas y choclo at the Pisac Sunday Market

May 23, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays, Travel Stories

Some people like to window shop on chic urban streets, imagining themselves rocking an outfit worn by a headless anorexic mannequin. Me, I prefer to un-window shop (hush, you try to figure out an antonym of “window”) out in the…

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