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Monthly Archives: January 2012

Lost Huacas: the challenge of reclaiming Lima’s pre-Columbian past

By Rick Vecchio | Published: January 23, 2012

Six school girls in Peru’s capital city passing through a 2,000-year-old archaeological ruins as part of their daily routine. It’s a poignant image and a tribute to how cultural patrimony can appear to integrate seamlessly with daily life. Click on the photo and you’ll land on an article in Peru’s leading newspaper, El Comercio, about [...]

Posted in Archaeological Sites, Lima, News | Tagged Lima pre-Inca ruins | 1 Comment

Fertur 2012 Travel Calendars

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: January 15, 2012

  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.    

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This Week Magazine: Inca Gold

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: January 13, 2012

  Remember Polly Ann Meredith, ace girl pilot for G-BAT? Now she and her gang are in South America on Good Neighbor business… and in quick trouble too… In this exciting first story of a new series. By Hoffman Birney Illustrated by Courtney Allen A Short Story Complete in This Issue (Originally published in The [...]

Posted in Adventure Travel, Art & Culture, Nostalgia | Tagged Pulp fiction, short story, treasure hunters | 1 Comment

How the mystery of Francisco Pizarro was solved

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: January 10, 2012

  Wrong Bones in That Sarcophagus: 444 Years Later, Mystery of Pizarro Is Laid to Rest February 10th, 1985 | WILLIAM D. MONTALBANO | Times Staff Writer LIMA, Peru—The life and bloody assassination of Francisco Pizarro are well-documented. The mystery, however, did not begin until after his death–and it has endured for four centuries. Now, [...]

Posted in Archaeological Sites, Destinations, History, Lima, Prominent Peruvians | Tagged Francisco Pizzaro, Lima Cathedral | Leave a comment

Blitzing the Incas

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: January 9, 2012

  Much has been learned in the intervening years to correct many of the classic historical misnomers that appear in this 1942 book review of BROTHERS OF DOOM, a biography of the Pizarro brothers, by Hoffman Birney, an independent scholar and prolific pulp fiction writer. For one thing, we now know that the Spanish Chroniclers [...]

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Top Five Wanderlust Wishlist for 2012

By Rick Vecchio | Published: January 4, 2012

Here we are,  three days into the first work week of 2012, but I’m having a hard time concentrating on the tasks at hand. Instead, I’m thinking whether this year will be the one when I actually get to all the travel destinations that I promised myself I’d visit as part of my New Year’s [...]

Posted in Adventure Travel, Ancash, Archaeological Sites, Art & Culture, Ayacucho, Communities & Caring Updates, Destinations, Family Travel, Festivals, Hiking, Wildlife | Tagged alternative Peru destinations, eco mountain lodge, Peru travel off the beaten path, wildlife vacation | Leave a comment