Did you read how scientists have determined that a 13-year-old girl selected for Inca ritual sacrifice 500 years ago was plied with massive amounts of alcohol and cocaine for up to a year before her death?
There was some surprisingly good news reported today at the intersection of global warming, tourism and the accelerated melt of Peru’s glaciers.
After another heavy rainy season damaged tracks, railway concessionaire Ferrocarril Trasandino has shut down PeruRail’s operations between Cusco and the Sacred Valley through the month of June.
Four hundred years ago, on April 30, 1613, Pedro Manuel, a prosperous merchant from Peru’s Ica Valley, signed his last will and testament.
Chaparrí, the private reserve in Northern Peru created and run by the local community, will soon offer visitors llama-supported treks, according to the reserve Director Heinz Plenge.
