Tag Archives: Ollantaytambo

The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

You could show up at Machu Picchu not knowing anything about it whatsoever.  Not knowing, for instance, that it was built over 500 years ago, and by a people (the Incas) who had no written language yet were sophisticated enough … Continue reading

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Eight Days in Peru

I spent the first eight days of April on a whirlwhind tour of Peru.  It took me until the more-than-ripe age of thirty-eight to travel outside of the U.S. for the first time, but this was my third international trip … Continue reading

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