In depth recounting of my global wandering
Worthy of Spain. It’s been estimated that in 1532 when the the Spaniards arrived, 40,000 people inhabited the city of Cusco proper with another 200,000 in the surrounding district. They entered a planned city filled with typical Inka architecture – …
I ended the previous post with some random facts about the Inkas – a culture we’ll get to know more about over the coming days. But for now, as our bus draws ever nearer to the center of the Inkan …
The oldest city in the Americas. In recounting this trip, I’ve twice touched upon the subject of Huanca Prieta the controversial site north of Lima that appears to upend the conventional assertion about the time the first humans arrived in …
Today we’re setting out for another day long bus ride. This one will take us from Puno to Cusco. Along the way we will pass through Pukara and Abra La Raya. While our bus didn’t stop there, it is Abra …
History and Mystery. The Uros people are not native to the high Andes. Rather, they appear to be descended from people who migrated from the Amazon Rainforest perhaps as long as 3,700 years ago. Over time, they intermarried with the …