Archives 11/04/2015

Beyond Machu Picchu — Choquequirao, Lost City in the Clouds

By Gary Ziegle The first rays of morning sunlight illuminate the great stone altar, streaming through a square opening over my head. “Inti camac sumac,” chants the priest. Soaked in sweat, I fight the bindings holding me to the stone as the grinning, looming, scarlet-cloaked figure slowly brings down a gleaming, bloodstained bronze knife toward …

Nazca Lines Get A Boost Against Threats

The Nazca Lines, which face a number of threats because they are spread over such a wide territory, were recently given some good news. Efforts to protect them have been given an important boost, through a $150,000 grant awarded by this year’s United States’ Ambassador’s Fund, which finances cultural preservation projects in developing countries. U.S. Ambassador Brian Nichols announced with the …

Peru: 147 birds registered at 2015 Big Day contest

During the second edition of the Big Day 2015 a record was broken after 147 species, among migratory and resident birds, were watched. The number is higher compared to the 121 species identified in 2014, Arequipa’s Regional Environmental Authority informed. This activity, also known as birdwatching, consists of sighting as many species as possible over a period …
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Peruvian cuisine shines at 10th Annual StarChefs International Chef Congress

Peruvian gastronomy has been putting an extraordinary performance on display at the 10th Annual StarChefs International Chef Congress currently held in Brooklyn (NY). The Peruvian delegation is composed of chefs Virgilio Martinez and Hector Solis, among others. At the same time, Peru was also granted a stand at the Brooklyn Expo Center, Foreign Trade and …

Peru nominated for World Travel Awards 2015

Once again, Peru could claim more World Travel Awards (WTA). For 2015, the country has been nominated in the following categories: World’s Leading Culinary Destination, Leading Green Destination, Leading City Break Destination (Lima), Leading Tourist Attraction, Leading Tourist Board and Leading Tourism Authority Website, among others. In this sense, Foreign Trade and …

30 new species of wild flora identified in Manu National Park, Peru

A total of 30 wild flora species were discovered at Manu National Park by a group of scientists with the support of Peruvian state-run National Service of Natural Protected Areas (Sernanp). This remarkable finding, published in the “Annotated list of trees and associated species, typical of montane forests in southern Peru: the importance of continuing gathering,” …