Disocvering Icons of Peru with Abercrombie & Kent
It was my first trip to Chile and Peru. It was also my first trip with Abercrombie & Kent. After 17 days traipsing around these two South American countries in planes, boats, 4Wds, and mini buses and on foot, I can say that the experience …
Colca Canyon is home to giant condors
THE drive into the Colca Canyon is often compared to an Andean massage. I think the comparison far from fair. My massage at the luxury Orient Express Las Casitas del Colca spa was nothing like the bump-and-grinding my body endured on the road trip from …
Amazon River alligators put on a night time show
OUR Amazon River guide, Roland, spots the eyes watching us just above water level from about 100m away. It is dark. Jungle dark. There are no lights from nearby towns or villages to pollute the night, only Orion’s Belt above, which seems to shine much …
Peru’s Sacred Valley reveals its Earth Mother
Brian Crisp pays tribute to the Earth Mother in Peru’s Sacred Valley IT IS early morning and I’m sitting under a tree by a river in Peru’s Sacred Valley with Lucas Checa. He is a paq’o. A holy man. A healer. An Andean shaman. In …