Mention Titicaca almost anywhere except South America and you’ll likely get a snicker. This giant lake is one of the most important in Latin America and is found at the southern border of Peru with Bolivia sharing almost half of it. The word translated from Aymara actually means “puma rock” (which is less amusing than Titicaca)...
Machu Picchu. The name conjures up images of impossibly tall mountains, llamas, colorfully dressed natives and amazing ruins. Machu Picchu means “old mountain” in Quechua. “Inaccessible mountain” might be a better name since there’s nothing really easy about getting there. However, with a little patience and determination, anyone can...
We were sitting in a restaurant in Peru wondering if we could trust the food, when an idea struck. We ordered a drink, connected to the wifi and pulled up Trip Advisor. We discovered that out of the 76 restaurants in the city, the one we had been corralled into was rated 72. Not only was the food rated as “awful” or “tasteless” by other...