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In Cuzco’s Historic Streets, a Search for Inca Walls

4 Apr 2018

From upstairs comes the thudding beat: muted synths, bone-shivering bass. It rattles the windows, dark now, of the Aldo jewelry …

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In Lima’s Rímac District, Discovering Peru’s Viceregal Past

27 Mar 2018

Lima. Late Sunday evening in the working-class district of Rímac, and the crowds of pedestrians are finally thinning out on …

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Bogotá Food: A Survival Guide

23 Feb 2018

So we’ll start by admitting the obvious: Colombian food is mediocre. Not bad. Not disgusting. Just mediocre. Often bland, rarely …

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In Lima, Lunching at Home with the Man Who Invented Ceviche

28 Jan 2018

  Pedro Solari is having trouble remembering the last Peruvian president’s name. “Techi,” he says, looking up from his wheelchair, …

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Going Retro in Buenos Aires’s Historic San Telmo

4 Jan 2018

Buenos Aires, Sunday morning. A brisk 48 degrees. I’m clutching my styrofoam coffee cup tight as I stand in the …

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So, Where Exactly Does One Buy Books in Lima?

1 Jan 2018

El Virrey Bookstore, Miraflores Truth be told, it’s by no means an easy proposition. You’d think, what with a metro …

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Peru’s Stonehenge: The Mysterious Ruins of Sillustani

17 Aug 2017

The skies were already threatening rain when Carla, my Peruvian guide, stepped off the bus with me at the turnoff …

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On Peru’s Tiny Taquile Island, a Refuge of Peace

2 Jun 2017

The pilot cuts the motor, allowing the boat to drift lazily as it bumps up to the dock. Smells: sun-warmed …

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Equator/Ecuador: Searching for the Big Line at Quito’s Mitad del Mundo

15 May 2017

“Bueno, these things I do not know, pues I am not scientific. But in this way they informed me.” Doña …

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