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It was way back in 1990 that I became fascinated with Machu Picchu and wanted to make a trip to experience it in person. At the time I...

The now famous Maras Salt! If your luggage is at its weight limit DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT go to the Maras Salt Pond and buy 10 lbs of...

Here is the video I promised. Lavanson & I spent about 8 days total in Miraflores so we were out a lot, and there is so much that I have...

My first impressions of Lima Having never been to Lima or Peru before, I had no preconceived idea about whether I would like the place or...

As I have mentioned in previous posts, we are ALWAYS on the look out for exciting places to visit, and if we happen to find one we like -...

We're Back!! Fourteen Days and Fourteen People -- Traveling up and down Peru to visit cities, towns, villages, back roads and the many...

Once we started talking to other people in the area and we realized that NOTHING was going to be done about what happened to us, I got a...

It has taken me a while to write this post because I wasn't really sure about what approach to take. Before we moved here I did years of...

My friend Caroline, who relocated to Mérida Mx from Nicaragua, has started a group in Mérida called the Black Mexpat Community. "When...