Where to Go After Machu Picchu: Peru Beyond the Tour Groups
Machu Picchu is a (literal!) mountain top experience for many travelers, but what happens next? In this article, you’ll learn about things to do in Peru after Machu Picchu. …
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Joining a Traditional Peruvian Pachamama Meal during a Machu Picchu Trip
Far more memorable than my ascent to Machu Picchu or even my homestay on the floating islands of Lake Titicaca, was my opportunity to eat a Pachamama meal in Ollaytaytambo, …
Visiting the Quechua weavers in Chinchero Peru
[Images of indigenous people shown in this post were taken with enthusiastic consent and appropriate compensation.] As I found myself traveling in Peru on the well-trodden path from Cusco to …
Never Stay in Aguas Calientes, Peru: Here’s Why
Machu Picchu has a reputation that looms larger than life. But somewhere in the shadow (literally!) 30 kilometers down the mountain is a ruin that may even be slightly older …
4 Tips for Visiting the Uros Village in Lake Titicaca
One of my most memorable travel experiences is staying in the home of a Uros couple on their own private floating islands. If you’re researching visiting the villages of the …
3 Months in South America: An Itinerary
I left for three months of trying out a digital nomad lifestyle in South America days after finishing graduate school. It was a whirlwind season of life, in which I …