South America

If you’re looking for the best places to visit in South America, odds are that you’ve been to the continent’s popular capitals or not at all. While tango dancing in Buenos Aires or tasting the exotic wine from the valleys surrounding Santiago might seem mesmerizing, this country has so much…

There is something in these two countries, Peru and Mexico. No, not just that, there is something in this continent. True, that it is one big stretch of land from North Mexico to South of Chile, right to the end of where humans still live on extreme lands. Never there…

To every traveler in Peru, Cusco is the place to go. One, for exploring Machu Pichu and two, coz Cusco comes with its other sights and high altitude hikes. There is however so much more to Cusco than just the history and nature. True, Cusco or Qosco as it is…

Sometimes a town is so small that everybody knows everyone but also large enough to get lost and not be found. A town can be located on banks of a lake with two volcanoes looking over it, and yet the streets and walking on them can make one forget the…

Three hours South of Lima and down the coast, lies Paracas. Google the word Paracas and the images won’t be as imposing as some of the other places on the sea that you might have

It was only after seeing the film, ‘Motorcycle Diaries’ that I realized perhaps I would like to go and check the upper fringes of Patagonia.

At 12000 feet above MSL, stands the ancient capital of the Inca’s. The city of Cusco when seen from air as the flight makes a dash to the landing strip looks like a giant mess of brown and discolored concrete. Looks can be deceptive very deceptive.

When I first landed in Lima, it was night. The city from the sky looked like any  other city, with its gleaming lights but with much fewer skyscrapers.