Chachapoyas

The Scream of Peru mummies and Edvard Munch’s inspiration

Headline: Peruvian mummy inspired Edvard Munch's "The Scream" The image plastered on the front page of Peru’s leading daily El Comercio jumped out at me from the newsstand this morning as I walked to work.

The graphic was mind blowing — Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” in juxtaposition to the mummified remains of a Chachapoyas warrior — their stretched hands cradling their agonized faces, crying out silently, in unison.

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Orchid specialists to visit Cusco Feb. 25-28 for conservation conference

Orchid specialists to visit Cusco Feb. 25-28 for conservation conference

“The old orchid hunter lay back on his pillow, his body limp with the effort of talking so long. He coughed and a ripple of pain ran through the wasted length of him beneath the covers. Still his eyes burned unwaveringly bright with the memory of the places he had seen and the things he had done, bright with the unquenchable passion for the life he would never suffer or enjoy again.

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Gocta Falls ~ The Debate and a Video

Gocta Falls ~ The Debate and a Video

There’s been much frenzied debate about what place Gocta holds on the list of the world’s highest waterfalls. Is it the third highest, the fifth or the fourteenth? Do you measure both drops together, or only the highest of the two stages? Is height really the most important factor in deciding whether a waterfall is worth visiting?