Inca Tours and Travel Adventures: About 25 miles (40 kms) northwest of Cusco — about halfway to Machu Picchu — an ancient patchwork of terraced pools fill with mineral-rich water that cascades down the side of the Qaqawiñay mountain. These are the Maras salt mines, also known as Salineras de Maras.
Less than an hour from the Inca capital Cusco is the historic, windswept town of Chinchero.
[Originally published July 27, 2012] If you thought the ever-shrinking limits on the weight and size of carry-on luggage was an exclusively airline-thing, think again.
[Originally published July 21, 2012] Every year, freezing temperatures wreck havoc in the southern Altiplano regions of Cusco, Huancavelica and Puno, claiming the lives of hundreds of children and elderly people.
For an interesting perspective into how much restoration has taken place at Machu Picchu, independent American researcher and explorer Paolo Greer suggests watching a B-movie classic, Secret of the Incas.
