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Francisco Mendivil, With my Long Neck I Can See You Better.

Mendívil’s Classic Long Necks (Photo: Clark) By Gabriela Filgueira (translated by David Knowlton) I got my first Mendívils’ three years ago, on my first trip to Cuzco. In subsequent travels my Buenos...

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San Pedro Market Charms with Local Food

Selling Fruit in San Pedro Market (Photo Wayra) By Arnold Fernandez Coraza (translated by David Knowlton) Despite the growth of supermarkets, Cuzco is still a city of open-air, neighborhood markets. In...

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Despite Ups and Downs Handicrafts Give Work in Cuzco

Artisanal Fair in Pisac, Cuzco. By Arnold Fernandez Coraza In Cuzco today, many people dedicate themselves to the art of handicrafts. This is because so many tourists come to Cuzco and, as a result,...

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A Town Painted the Color of Joy

By Gabriela Filgueira Jandel at Work (Photo: Milton Rodríguez) In the province of Huarochirí about midway up the Lurin River Valley, some 60 kilometers from Lima, you will find Antioquía. Visiting it...

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Roaming the Peruvian Amazon, Aguaje Oil, and a Very Living Jungle

The Selva Viva Boat (Manolo del Castillo) By Gabriela Filgueira The community of January 20th (20 de Enero) is one of many within the Reserva Nacional Pacaya (the Pacaya National Preserve) in the...

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A Christmas Market (Santurantikuy) fills Cuzco’s Plaza Today

A Nacimiento (Walter Coraza Morveli) David Knowlton Thick clouds stipple the sky, heavy with moisture. From above Cuzco’s Plaza de Armas also looks to have filled with clouds, only under these you will...

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The Parche Makes the Craftsman and His Travels

Hebert Edgardo Huamani Jara Travelers with Their Parches in the Plaza de Armas (Walter Coraza Morveli) Macramé threads and wires of different colors, whether silver copper or with some other metal, and...

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A World of Handicrafts in Cusco

Hebert Edgardo Huamani Jara San Blas’ Handicraft Fair Handicrafts come to Cuzco from all of Peru’s three regions, its coast, mountains, and jungle. Because the city is cosmopolitan, travelers who come...

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A Day in Pisac

On a morning with blue sky and sun, Walter, Edwin and I left the city of Cusco for the magical town of Pisac. Everything there seems retained in time. The different colors of the people’s dress along...

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The Marvelous Hatun Rumiyoc Street

Let’s get to know the Hatun Rumiyoc (great rock) and the admirable Inca architecture found along almost the whole street. This street is a single block. It is found near Cuzco’s Plaza de Armas. To get...

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