The Americans and Canadians in our group of 10 gasped and then laughed as our guide explained that guinea pigs are considered a good source of protein and were never kept as pets in Ecuador. In fact, ...

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El aventurero español Juan Francisco Cerezo, conocido por sus viajes en bicicleta alrededor del mundo, se ha propuesto rescatar la iniciativa que Vázquez-Figueroa puso en marcha a mediados de los años ...

Más de 24 mil turistas habrían ingresado sin pagar a la ruta especial del santuario arqueológico, ocasionando un perjuicio ...

Each year, about 1.5 million people visit Machu Picchu, the ancient Peruvian citadel full of impressive architecture and jaw-dropping views. But getting to Machu Picchu requires lots of pre-trip ...

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Machu Picchu stands 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting. It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at ...

NARRATOR: High in the Peruvian Andes, there's an ancient city called Machu Picchu. It is a ruin that defies explanation. Who were the mysterious people who built it and why did they build it here?

On the morning of July 24, 1911, an enterprising lecturer-explorer from Yale University set off in a cold drizzle to investigate rumors of ancient Inca ruins in Peru. The explorer chopped his way ...