City Travel Guide: Archaeological Sites in Lima, Peru
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by Karen Catchpole, CWO (Chief Writing Officer)
2y ago
Images, video and other formating may not be properly displayed in this RSS feed/email. Please view this post on our Trans-Americas Journey blog to view the post as it was intended - City Travel Guide: Archaeological Sites in Lima, Peru There aren’t many cities in South America that can say they have archaeological sites within the city limits. However, the capital of Peru has city-block-sized sites that aren’t even open to the public, notable excavated sites that are tourist attractions in the middle of modern neighborhoods, and there’s an enormous pre-Hispanic ceremonial center just outside ..read more
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City Travel Guide: 9 Top Museums in Lima, Peru
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by Karen Catchpole, CWO (Chief Writing Officer)
2y ago
Images, video and other formating may not be properly displayed in this RSS feed/email. Please view this post on our Trans-Americas Journey blog to view the post as it was intended - City Travel Guide: 9 Top Museums in Lima, Peru No matter what you’re into–from modern art to antique textiles to classic cars–there’s a museum full of it in Lima, Peru. Here are 9 top museums in this buzzing capital city that are sure to satisfy the cultural traveler in you. 9 top museums in Lima, Peru Highlights from the impressive and well-displayed pre-Columbian collection at the Larco Museum, one of our favor ..read more
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Where We’ve Been: April 2022 Road Trip Driving Route in Chile & Argentina
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by Eric Mohl, CPO (Chief Photography Officer)
2y ago
Images, video and other formating may not be properly displayed in this RSS feed/email. Please view this post on our Trans-Americas Journey blog to view the post as it was intended - Where We’ve Been: April 2022 Road Trip Driving Route in Chile & Argentina During April of 2022, we traversed much of Patagonia (again). We started the month in Puerto Natales, Chile in the very south of the South American continent. By the end of the month, we’d crossed back into Argentina where we drove parts of the fabled Ruta 40 north following the Andes to the small city of San Carlos de Bariloche in the n ..read more
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Ancient Art – Cerro Sechin Archaeological Site, Peru
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by Karen Catchpole, CWO (Chief Writing Officer)
2y ago
Images, video and other formating may not be properly displayed in this RSS feed/email. Please view this post on our Trans-Americas Journey blog to view the post as it was intended - Ancient Art – Cerro Sechin Archaeological Site, Peru The Cerro Sechin archaeological site in northern Peru is home to some of the oldest monumental carved stones in the central Andes. We were amazed by how intact (and how gruesome) these pieces of ancient art were even more than 3,500 years after they were originally carved. Roofing protects some of the ancient art at the Sechin archaeological site in Peru. Expl ..read more
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Where We’ve Been: March 2022 Road Trip Driving Route in Chile
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by Eric Mohl, CPO (Chief Photography Officer)
2y ago
Images, video and other formating may not be properly displayed in this RSS feed/email. Please view this post on our Trans-Americas Journey blog to view the post as it was intended - Where We’ve Been: March 2022 Road Trip Driving Route in Chile We spent the month of March 2022 thoroughly exploring a small region in the very south of Chilean Patagonia, never venturing more than 70 miles (12 km) from Torres del Paine National Park. We drove a total of 771 miles (1,240 km) during our road trip in Chile in March of 2022, and each one of those miles was spectacular. Those jagged peaks to the right ..read more
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Is This the Oldest Inhabited Place in Peru? – Caral Archaeological Site, Peru
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by Karen Catchpole, CWO (Chief Writing Officer)
2y ago
Images, video and other formating may not be properly displayed in this RSS feed/email. Please view this post on our Trans-Americas Journey blog to view the post as it was intended - Is This the Oldest Inhabited Place in Peru? – Caral Archaeological Site, Peru It’s pretty easy for one archaeological site to run into the next when you’re traveling through northern Peru where it seems like there are culturally significant sites at every turn. The Caral archaeological site, however, stands out from the crowd thanks to its age–which was recently determined to be even older than previously thought ..read more
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Epic Drives: Laguna del Diamante in Argentina
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by Karen Catchpole, CWO (Chief Writing Officer)
2y ago
Images, video and other formating may not be properly displayed in this RSS feed/email. Please view this post on our Trans-Americas Journey blog to view the post as it was intended - Epic Drives: Laguna del Diamante in Argentina We’d tried to drive to Laguna Diamante once before, but bad weather got in the way and forced the closure of the road. So we tried again. Here’s what happened when we finally got to do this epic drive into Reserva Nacional Laguna del Diamante in Argentina. Laguna Diamante is at the foot of the Maipo Volcano which straddles the border between Argentina and Chile. Epic ..read more
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Border Crossing 101: Jama Pass from Argentina to Chile
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by Karen Catchpole, CWO (Chief Writing Officer)
2y ago
Images, video and other formating may not be properly displayed in this RSS feed/email. Please view this post on our Trans-Americas Journey blog to view the post as it was intended - Border Crossing 101: Jama Pass from Argentina to Chile The high-altitude Paso de Jama (Jama Pass in English) is the northernmost overland border crossing between Argentina and Chile. Here’s what you need to know about how to cross the border between Argentina and Chile via the Jama Pass including fees, procedures, insurance, and more. Check it out in our video, below and get more vital stats in the rest of this po ..read more
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Photo Essay: Light at Sensorio in Paso Robles, California
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by Eric Mohl, CPO (Chief Photography Officer)
2y ago
Images, video and other formating may not be properly displayed in this RSS feed/email. Please view this post on our Trans-Americas Journey blog to view the post as it was intended - Photo Essay: Light at Sensorio in Paso Robles, California What started in 2019 as a one-off, short-term, open-air art installation on a rolling piece of land in Paso Robles, California proved so popular that it’s now an annual event. Originally called Field of Light at Sensorio, the brainchild of artist Bruce Munro (who has created similar large-scale light-based works elsewhere) is now called Light at Sensorio fo ..read more
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Where We’ve Been: February 2022 Road Trip Driving (and ferry) Route in Chile
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by Eric Mohl, CPO (Chief Photography Officer)
2y ago
Images, video and other formating may not be properly displayed in this RSS feed/email. Please view this post on our Trans-Americas Journey blog to view the post as it was intended - Where We’ve Been: February 2022 Road Trip Driving (and ferry) Route in Chile We spent much of the month of February 2022 in Pucón, Chile hiding out in a friend’s cabin to avoid the hectic height of the Chilean summer travel season. We hit the road (and the water) near the end of the month and ultimately drove a total of 570 miles (917 km) and covered another 920 miles (1,480 km) via ferry during our road trip in C ..read more
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