Category: Historic Places

Corpus Cristi Cusco

Corpus Cristi I fell in love with Cusco in 1990 on a tour to Machu Picchu and vowed to come back and spend more time there. I finally made my wish come true ten years later. Plaza de Armas is a beautiful square surrounded by its towering Cathedral, the imposing Jesuit church Compania de Jesus, […]

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Cartagena, Columbia

Sir Francis Drake is a pirate! Our famous hero sacked Cartagena and was paid approximately US$200 million in today’s money to give the city back ( Bad boy). This is a fantastic city, hot and humid. On our first night we watched as the dancers twirled and they swirled and danced hot salsa with bare […]

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Arequipa

16th Century Santa Catalina monastery was the highlight of my visit to Arequipa. This walled monastery is almost a city in it’s own right and takes up a whole block of Arequipa city. It has been operated by Dominican nuns for almost 400 years. You can stroll through this enormous monastery’s streets peeking into its […]

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Machu Picchu

It is very weird to arrive in a town (Agua Calientes) which has a railway track running through it. You have to step over the rails to get from one side to the other. It is very reminiscent of the old wild west towns and as we found out this place is rip off city […]

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