COPACABANA, BOLIVIA – The driver rammed the throttle with all his might but the
boat would hardly budge. As he wrestled the engines controls – nothing more than a
wrench welded to a piece of rebar – we slowly propelled back into the choppy
waters. Countless islands and baby blue waters lay ahead of us but the ice-cold
breezes and snow-capped mountains were stark reminders that I was far from the
ocean.

Peru - October 2003

Up until my trip to Peru, I knew absolutely nothing about the country, except of course that it had one of the great ancient temples in the world that I had to see, Machu Picchu. Seeing the opportunity to learn and explore a culture that I knew nothing about, I jumped at the chance for this new adventure.

Travel to Peru, discount vacation tour travel guide, Machu Picchu Peru hotels and tours.

Discount vacation travel packages, Hotels and tours to all the exciting destinations in Peru, visit Machu Picchu, Cusco, Galapagos, Rainforest

Based in the U.S. with offices in Cuzco and Lima, Andean Treks offers superb quality trips with excellent personalized service. With Andean Treks you travel in small groups, on creative unique itineraries, led by our excellent guides.

Why G.A.P?

Over the years our company has changed. From a one-man show in a tiny office, to a team of close to two hundred staff working around the globe; and from a few trips in Ecuador, Belize and Peru, to hundreds of adventures and seven diverse trip styles, spanning the entire globe. It's safe to say we have come a long way. One thing that hasn't changed is our passion for getting behind the scenes, checking out the real world, and taking you with us. This sense for adventure, to seek out new experiences, is what drives us, and what keeps our clients coming back for more.

Andean Travel Web

Contains over 500 pages of useful travel information for visitors to Peru. We are a non-profit organization run by volunteers helping to promote Peru as well as running several community projects.

Pictures, Songs and Quechua native language short stories with
translations in spanish and english. Examples of categories:

Quechua, native Language -- Lenguaje Indígena: 

Jokes -- Chistes -- Asinakuna

Dances with Movies clips -- Danzas, con Videos cortos -- Tusuykuna

Poetry in Ecuadorian Quichua, and Peruvian Quechua -- Poemas -- Harawikuna

Qosqo, the most important pre-Columbian metropolis in the American Continent, is heir of a cultural tradition developed all over the Peruvian territory since 18 thousand years B.C. It is a living museum where it is still possible to perceive grandeur of remote epochs. A total description or interpretation of Qosqo would be a gigantic work requiring thousands of books. This "Navel of the World" has developed one of the most advanced old civilizations on the earth. The name "Qosqo" is used the way our authorities and our consciences state it; I believe that it is a moral duty of every son of this sacred land to recover its past.

The present work is an attempt to summarize what is outstanding in the city and its region.

The Lima clubhouse is the oldest and has been in operation since 1977. For 25 years, members made their way to Breña to visit the Lima clubhouse. But this changed in April 2002, when the clubhouse moved to new and classier quarters in Miraflores.