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On a train climbing the Andes

He climbed a plateau between 3000 and 4000 meters. Can you believe it? As if the world could be turned upside down without falling anything. The train blew smoke and us life. From our window we watched the Andes and rain steppe grasses and leathery people by the cold sun.

byJavier Brandoli

4 January, 2019

Mother of God: Secrets of Manu

The shaman of the village of Santa Rosa de Huacaria sent me a message that could finally meet me. Before he had been unable, as his elderly mother "went to the river and it became a bird".

byJosep M. Palau

6 June, 2013

Lima: Looking for this child

What is surprising is that John, the child face something sad look aged and, is also working. In fact, John would be nearly impossible without making the thousand bricks a day that will give the family with six euros to eat. Eight years after that child look

byJavier Brandoli

7 February, 2012

Videoblog

The train ride to Machu Picchu

A place of passage for travelers history buff. Machu Picchu is a place of…

byJavier Brandoli

16 May, 2011

America

Huascar, floating relic world's oldest

The Huascar is named after a brother of Atahualpa, the penultimate Inca. Taken away to Peru 1879, lies in Chilean waters turned into a museum ship. The oldest relic in the world floating is a good excuse to get close to the Chilean city of Talcahuano.

byContributors

2 April, 2011

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On a train climbing the Andes

Mother of God: Secrets of Manu

Lima: Looking for this child

The train ride to Machu Picchu

Huascar, floating relic world's oldest