Trip: Peru
There are [9] stories from my trip: Peru
PERU | Sunday, 20 May 2012 | Views [3919] | Video
For some that venture to Iquitos, there is an overpowering force with a relentless grip; this force holds all those who experience it under a spell, a spell that causes the enchanted to get caught in Iquitos. Because of the supposed ineffable charms ... Read more >
Tags: alan shoemaker, amazon, ayahuasca, iquitos, mad mick, mad micks bunk house trading post, peru
PERU | Saturday, 19 May 2012 | Views [6851] | Video
Walking from Cusco's (Peru) Plaza de Armas, the path is direct to the Almudena Cemetery, a 30 to 45 minute stroll dependent on your speed and the bodies adjustment to Cusco's altitude. Though the route is simple, it can be confusing because the street ... Read more >
Tags: almudena cemetery, cusco, cuzco, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, halloween
PERU | Friday, 18 May 2012 | Views [362] | Video
Images of Cusco's sites and festivities, such as Inti Raymi, Señor de los Milagros, and Saqsayhuaman.
Tags: cuzco, inti raymi, inti raymi, peru, saqsayhuaman, señor de los milagros cusco, south america
PERU | Wednesday, 16 May 2012 | Views [1914] | Video
How to independently visit and what you will see at the ruins of Moray and the salt works of Salinas (aka Salineras). The journey can be done by private tour, or--as in this show--independently by public transport, hiking and hitching. Begin in Cusco ... Read more >
Tags: cusco, cuzco, el valle sagrado, hiking, peru moray, pichingoto, salinas, salineras, tarabamba, urubamba maras
PERU | Tuesday, 15 May 2012 | Views [4270] | Video
Check out some of what Lima has to offer.
Familiarize yourself with some of the must-see sights in Lima and also check in with the South American Explorers Club and how they can help the short-term tourist or the longer term adventurer to S. America.... Read more >
Tags: anticucho, lima, peru, plaza de armas, south america, south american explorers club
PERU | Sunday, 13 May 2012 | Views [6479] | Video
Shipibo handicraft design consists of patterns tied to their cosmological worldview. The geometric patterns are not just design but also musical notation, Shipibos can create visual pattern from sound and sound from visual pattern--thus, the myth goes, ... Read more >
Tags: anthropology, ayahuasca, icaro, iquitos, music, myth, peru textile anaconda, shipibo, synesthesia, vision
PERU | Saturday, 12 May 2012 | Views [3282] | Video
Outlawed in most of the western world, cockfights remain a thriving bloodsport in many places. In the Amazonian city of Iquitos, we venture into the world of the fighting rooster. We check out the rules, the training of the birds, the betting on the ... Read more >
Tags: cockfights, controversy, iquitos, peru
PERU | Monday, 12 Mar 2012 | Views [4125] | Video
Drawn to the Amazon by the opportunity to study the traditions of Amazonian Medicine Men, or Shamans, Ron Wheelock has lived in Iquitos, Peru since 2000.
Over the years he developed into an adept and trusted Medicne Man himself.
... Read more >
Tags: amazon, ayahuasca, don agustin rivas vasquez, gringo shaman of the amazon, icaros, iquitos, medicine man, peru, ron wheelock, shamanism
PERU | Monday, 12 Mar 2012 | Views [4071] | Video
Iquito's Belen Market, Mercado Belen , the biggest and most diverse market in the Peruvian Amazon, covers over 20 blocks.
Early in the morning people arrive from jungle villages to sell their produce.
Located close ... Read more >
Tags: amazon, belen, belen market, iquitos, peru, south america, witches alley
