Stories
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Story
The Gold Offering
Many are the stories of people who found gold and it changed their lives while others spent unpleasant moments that…
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Story
Stories of the Population of Quincemil – Puerto Maldonado
Many of us have heard of or passed through the town of Quincemil on our way to Puerto Maldonado, but…
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Thinking Fast, A Taxi Tale
“You have to be careful who you pick up, though sometimes you can’t tell. It is the risk of driving…
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Commentary
The Enchanted Lake and Four Rustlers
The memories from when I was 17 still dance in my head. My friends and I, indeed all the kids…
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Literature
Welcome to Peru
My plane landed Thursday afternoon after a long international flight. I was returning to Peru after four months and was…
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Stories on Your Waist and on Your Shoulders
We sat in a coffee house talking, Neto and I. He was telling me about speaking both Quechua and Spanish.…
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Commentary
Seeking Machu Picchu
We awkwardly huddled together in Cuzco’s brisk morning air, the way you’d expect a young group of European and American…
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Customs
The Golden Snake and the Golden Cuy, A Cuzco Tale
This is a story that I will tell from my own life. One Sunday some years ago, a day in…
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Customs
Machus and How Cuzco Relates to Its Past
A city that pours out from the hillside on which the great fortress-temple Sacsayhuaman lies like a massive serpent to…
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Food & Drinks
Good to Eat and Good to, Um, Read
To eat — such as a tamale from the lady who every day sets up her pots under the Portal…
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