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PeruPat: "We Thought You Were CIA!": Tracing the Footprints of the Shining Path in the Central Peruvian Jungle
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Adventures Through Peru and the Andes Mountains. Why Travel to Peru? Wednesday, July 27, 2011. We Thought You Were CIA! Tracing the Footprints of the Shining Path in the Central Peruvian Jungle. The Shining Path was a Maoist-inspired revolutionary group in Peru that, along with the National Peruvian Army, was responsible for the death of many hundreds of thousands of basically innocent civilians during the late 70's, all of the 1980's, and lasting approximately until the peace treaty was signed in 1992.
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PeruPat: Food
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Adventures Through Peru and the Andes Mountains. Why Travel to Peru? Why Peruvian Food is History's Gift to the Modern World". Peruvian food. Simply the best. But only for the slightly adventurous types who are willing to try tastes that span continents both external and internal to Peru. Other dishes of interest include Aji de Gallina, Pollo a la Brasa, Ceviche, Chicharron, and of course the always talked about Cuy or Guinea Pig, which is quite a delicacy. All of these dishes form fusions between Sp...
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PeruPat: The Southern Route: Journey to Arequipa, the "White City"
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Adventures Through Peru and the Andes Mountains. Why Travel to Peru? Thursday, November 22, 2012. The Southern Route: Journey to Arequipa, the "White City". In great gratitude to the temporal aspect of the "Peruvian Method," I was given an extended window of time to catch my bus. A bus that had been held up vehmenently by Jose while he and the others awaited the arrival of ". Ica sounds like it needs some help, like a prefix or something. After the rush through "Grapeville," we would come upon little els...
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PeruPat: Lost City Found: My Circular Journey to the Retreats of the Inca Empire and Back
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Adventures Through Peru and the Andes Mountains. Why Travel to Peru? Saturday, September 17, 2011. Lost City Found: My Circular Journey to the Retreats of the Inca Empire and Back. As the first signs of lushness entered into view, I finally yielded to the idea of this new and wild adventure that I was in the middle of! I responded affirmatively, while thanking him for his concern and offer. S initial attempts to do the same, I finally got the desired information out of the kid. The taxi to Vitcos, th...
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PeruPat: Meeting the Sister, Choquequirao: Zig-zagging the Walls of Eternity
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Adventures Through Peru and the Andes Mountains. Why Travel to Peru? Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Meeting the Sister, Choquequirao: Zig-zagging the Walls of Eternity. Choquequirao is a former Inca village, ceremonial area, and lookout located in the Salkantay Mountain Range to the southwest of the city of Cuzco, the former Inca capital. Today it is an impressive Inca ruin site rival in beauty to that of its "sister," Machu Picchu. As the cool Andean air passed through my hair, and at one point nearly smothe...
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PeruPat: The Blessed City of Cuzco: An Untraditionally Guided Tour
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Adventures Through Peru and the Andes Mountains. Why Travel to Peru? Tuesday, November 29, 2011. The Blessed City of Cuzco: An Untraditionally Guided Tour. Cuzco, Peru, a city like no other.really. My arrival to Cuzco in November of 2005 was like being born again: complete and utter torture! Amongst a sea of plaid, in the form of colored burlap bags carried by locals, I made my way as a strong minority in the tide of. Zaguan del Cielo, #12. Had a bit of trouble finding the address, but quickly recovered ...
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PeruPat: Return to Arequipa; Escape from Arequipa
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Adventures Through Peru and the Andes Mountains. Why Travel to Peru? Monday, March 4, 2013. Return to Arequipa; Escape from Arequipa. My reappearance in Arequipa was as comfortable as that in Lima the previous night. Squint-eyed starring out the taxi cab offered a look unto the never-ending scrolling of odd-shaped/ -colored facades of Arequipan businesses. Reds, greens, blues, and the accompanying fluorescents of each blended to subsume an astro-pop of almost hallucinogenic proportions. I'm inexperienced...
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PeruPat: My Dream, Manifest: The Arid North Coast, the Chimu and the City of Chan Chan
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Adventures Through Peru and the Andes Mountains. Why Travel to Peru? Tuesday, December 27, 2011. My Dream, Manifest: The Arid North Coast, the Chimu and the City of Chan Chan. Initially, my journey took me to Quito, Ecuador. It was exhilarating to descend into the Mariscal Sucre Airport in Quito, and the high elevation "risks" (at least to the interpretation of this novice) of 9,200 some feet, even at night. Fortunate for us passengers, touchdown was smooth and so was the rest of the evening. And, of cou...
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PeruPat: On the Guano Trail, Paracas and Isla Ballestas: A revisit to Mid-19th Century Peru
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Adventures Through Peru and the Andes Mountains. Why Travel to Peru? Saturday, August 6, 2011. On the Guano Trail, Paracas and Isla Ballestas: A revisit to Mid-19th Century Peru. I hopped the bus at the early hour of 8 am en route to my first south of Lima coastal destination: the beach town of Paracas. Was the bus of choice (one of the most efficient and expensive liner in Peru), for it was perfectly welcome given my desire for smooth sailing. As I loosely played the very familiar and very American game...
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PeruPat: Introduction
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Adventures Through Peru and the Andes Mountains. Why Travel to Peru? Saturday, July 20, 2013. Peruvian Sojourn: of Gold, Guinea Pigs, and Pan Pipes. And, who would’ve thought, as when anyone tries their luck and takes the leap into what it is that they most desire, worthy and wise helpers are always present and waiting to assist in whichever ways are necessary. Ended up to be the discovery of new and invaluable friends. Thank you, Brenda! 8220;Press the button” says the airport attendant. So I ...Once my...
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