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Scaling the heights, finding transformation
Thursday October 30, 2025 Thursday morning dawned bright and beautiful. It was a great beginning for our bus trip to Ancasmarca, an archeological site on a mountain of 5,198 metres. The name is of Quechua origin, meaning blue village, or village of eagles. The part we were visiting was referred to as the blue balcony.…
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Pisac: Ruins and Shopping
Wednesday October 29, 2025 The town of Pisac was our destination. Located on the banks of the Urubamba River south of Cusco, it attracts many people from the surrounding area with its large market and Inca ruins. The market is known for textiles, jewelry and souvenirs. On weekends, the vendors spill out of the market…
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From Ruins and Textiles to Agriculture
Tuesday October 28, 2025 The grounds of the hotel, a former monastery, were incredibly landscaped. In addition, there were fields of corn and other crops behind the buildings. Here are a few images. San Augustin Monasterio de la Recoleta was founded in the 17th century and the buildings and chapel have been preserved as an…
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Transition Day
Monday October 27, 2025 Th day began with plenty of sunshine and an early morning trip to the San Pedro Market. It was also the day I had to check out of the Hotel Siete Ventanas and travel with Wilbert to the town of Urubamba in the Sacred Valley. The rest of my group were…
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Inkilltambo: Inca Garden of Flowers
Sunday October 26, 2025 The Cusco area and the Sacred Valley tend to have two seasons rather than four: the wet season and the dry season. We are here at the beginning of the dry season and it feels like Spring and it is. Crops are being planted, ewes are lambing, llamas are giving birthing…
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Cusco: the navel of the world
Saturday October 25 2025 Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca Empire described as the centre of the universe is busy metropolis that continues to expand population wise at a high rate of acceleration. We arrived late evening of Friday having made two flights from Pucallpa. At an elevation of 3,399 metres, it has a…
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House is done, we say goodbye
Friday October 24, 2025 The week has zoomed by without one dull moment and suddenly it’s departure day. After a quick breakfast at the hotel, we headed to the Hub and finished house. We all attended the ceremony of house blessing and handing the legal documents to the owners. All of the ceremony was accompanied…
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Back to school
Thursday October 23, 2025 I played hooky from painting the finished house; there were plenty of others to do the job, and spent Thursday going back to school with my friend Dante. We met five years ago while I was involved in building a home for Luis and his family. More about that later. We…
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Up the Rio Ucayali
Wednesday October 22, 2025 It was a hot and sunny morning as we left the hotel for the port of Pucallpa to board a river boat for a trip to the Shippibo village of Limongema. It was a bit of a shock and surprise to find the river had shrunk in size. In March, the…
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A Peruvian Adventure
Where a house is built and the high god explored To my gentle and dedicated readers, my deepest apologies for abandoning you in February 2025 in Portugal. Seventy years of life caught up with me and I had to deal with it in my own way. Unfortunately, that excluded this blog. However, I am back…
Five Feet, Nine Inches Above Ground 