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Nibbling anticuchos, skewered street food, Cusco, Peru photo

Call me “Captain,” because I’m eating beef heart

July 17, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru, Travel Stories

Marinated, char-grilled skewers of cow heart schmeared with hot pepper sauce, bought from a smoke-shrouded street food vendor. If that vision of Peruvian anticuchos doesn’t get your lips smacking, you may not be ready for this.

Animal parts hung by hair in Cusco's Central Market, Peru photo

Cusco’s offally interesting Mercado Central

June 27, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Stories

Though I’ve explored the aisles of markets all over the world, the meaty bits on display at the Mercado Central (Central Market) in Cusco, Peru challenge even my steady stomach.

Cápac Colla dancers, Saint Joseph's Day, Cusco, Peru photo

The cult of saints, live and in person

June 18, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Stories

Back in a college class about early religion, I read The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity by Peter Brown. Stay with me here…

The Sacsayhuamán slides, Cusco, Peru photo

The Incan slide at Sacsayhuamán, or Why your tour group and guidebook suck

June 13, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Stories

Having poked around Sacsayhuamán, Todd and I head for a bouldery hill just across the site’s broad, grassy field. It looks like a sweet spot to relax and take in the whole of the extensive Incan ruins and the views…

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…

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…

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…

Carne empanada at Inti Killa, Pisac, Peru photo

Eating on the cheap at the Pisac Sunday Market

May 22, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru, Travel Stories

I can’t recall how we got the notion in our heads, but Peru is not a bargain travel destination. After a few too many expensive and yet disappointing restaurant meals, Todd and I are thrilled by the food stalls at…

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