Category Archives: Miscellaneous

  Click this image to enlarge 2012 Peru public calendar of holidays to plan your Peru Vacation → A practical 2012 calendar showing Peruvian National Holidays (green) and public sector holidays(in yellow). The Peruvian government in late December enacted 8 non-working holidays for state workers.    

It’s pretty cool what a fresh paint job and a new sign can make…

As Peru prepares to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Hiram Bingham’s discovery of Machu Picchu, the chief of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, told reporters Monday that tourist access must be limited to protect and preserve the site. “Machu Picchu is a victim of its own success, because the interest is huge,” Bokova told reporters after meeting [...]

Peruvian and Russian scientists have set  up a  radio up-link from the citadel of Machu Picchu to communicate with Russian Cosmonauts on the International Space Station for an upcoming Congress on satellite technology. The National Engineering University (UNI) is sponsoring scientific gatherings to take place Aug. 23 in Lima  and Aug. 25 in Cusco. Radio [...]

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