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Gastón Acurio's guinea pig, Cuy Pequinés, in Cusco, Peru photo

Eating guinea pig: A pet at home, dinner in Peru

February 27, 2013 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru, Travel Stories

An old saying begins, “If you love somebody, let them go.” If you’re traveling to Peru and you’ve had a guinea pig as a pet, a more fitting expression may be, “If you’ve loved something, put it in your belly.”

Glass of chicha de jora, Cusco, Peru photo

Wetting my whistle with someone else’s spit

July 31, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru, Travel Stories

“Chicha de jora? Isn’t that the stuff they make with spit? Eww.” Such was the typical reaction when someone heard chicha de jora in the list of foods and drinks I wanted to try in Peru. That or a confused,…

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…

A woman carries branches in Ollantaytambo, Peru photo

Chasing Incan kings through small town streets

May 9, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays

If the internet is to be believed, Ollantaytambo, Peru is home to a mere 2,000 people. Each day, at least that many tourists hit the cobblestone streets to visit the town’s impressive Incan temple ruins, to set off by trail…

Three worn carvings, Ollantaytambo, Peru photo

Incan temple ruins – Ollantaytambo, Peru photo essay

May 8, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays

“Mama!” the guard says. We follow his pointing finger to see a plump yellow bird sunning herself on a rock wall. Smiling and nodding, we look back to the guard, whose main job seems to be to keep tourists from…

Flower-lined road, Ollantaytambo, Peru photo

We were getting along so well. Until you said THAT.

May 7, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Stories

Yolandi looks across the table at my cazuela in confusion. “Whoever heard of soup without bread?” she asks rhetorically. I consider my bowl of herb-flecked broth, extra yellow from spicy splashes of aji amarillo sauce. Submerged in its substantial depths…

Cactus fruit, Ollantaytambo, Peru photo

A riot of tiny color – Ollantaytambo, Peru photo essay

May 3, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Photo Essays

It would have been easy to cobble together a salad from the edibles that we brush by while exploring the Incan ruins of Ollantaytambo in Peru’s Sacred Valley. Lush from the late seasonal rains, there are pea-sized Peruvian bush tomatoes,…

Travel art drawing, Ollantaytambo, Peru

Hat tricycle shop – Art from Ollantaytambo, Peru

May 2, 2012 · by Todd · in Peru, Travel Art

As we watched the sun disappear in quiet Ollantaytambo, Peru, one persistent hat vendor left their cart out in hopes of a sale. In the off season, no one came to buy. But when they do, this vendor is ready.

Looking up inside the train from Machu Picchu photo

Riding the Machu Picchu recovery train

April 26, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Art, Travel Stories

As our Inca Rail train pulls of Machu Picchu town, I realize my hands are…well, they’re not clean. There’s Incan dirt under my nails. Also, my jeans are spattered with mud. My jacket is soaked through with the rain that…

Inca Rail train ready to leave for Machu Picchu photo

The train journey to Machu Picchu

April 17, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Stories

Traveling to Peru at the end of the rainy season in March meant that we would be risking some serious damp downsides. Instead of hiking the steep and expensive Inca Trail through a potential mess of mud and mist, we…

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