May 05, 2013

Don't Lose Your Memory! An External Hard Drive Protects You

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May 04, 2013

The Colca Valley. - May 2013 Peru Photo Contest

~ submitted by Elena Potapova in Samara, Russia The photo was taken on the way to the Colca Canyon. It was one of the last March days, a bright sunny

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May 01, 2013

The hairy caterpillar which has been compared to Donald Trump's toupee

Yahoo! News UKThe creature was spotted in the Amazon by friends Jeff Cremer, 34 and Phil Torres, 27, who run photography tours from Posada Amazonas, a 30 bed rainforest lodge in Peru. Conservation biologist Phil and wildlife photographer Jeff were leading a small ...

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May 01, 2013

Peru's Astrid & Gaston rises to No. 14 on world's best restaurants list

Andina - Agencia Peruana de NoticiasLima, Apr. 29 (ANDINA). Peru's restaurant Astrid & Gaston, owned by celebrated chef Gaston Acurio, was named the 14th best place to eat worldwide on Monday in the giving-ceremony of the prestigious S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants list.

This Peruvian eatery is now the second top-ranked restaurant in South America, behind Brazil’s D.O.M. which is placed sixth.

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Apr 26, 2013

JetBlue Adds its Southernmost Destination: Lima, Peru!

JetBlue Adds its Southernmost Destination: Lima, Peru!

for travel between November 21 and December 19, 2013 (b) -

Apr 15, 2013

Lima - Peru

~ submitted by Inez Rivas, Porto Alegre, Brasil Fiz uma viagem de uma semana a Lima. Me apaixonei pela cidade e pelo povo sempre alegre e hospitaleiro.

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Apr 12, 2013

The Wrangler - May 2012 Peru Photo Contest

By: Manya Kuzemchenko - Brooklyn, NY, USA This photo was taken at the Huillquicasa pass, at 4400 meteres above sea level, Quisuarani (Quishuarani) between

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Mar 17, 2013

PERUVIAN PENDANT

~submitted by Helen Bartkiw THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME BY A TRBAL LEADER BACK IN 1972 WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH THE MISSIONARIES IN THE JUNGLES OF PERU NEAR A

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Mar 13, 2013

Food in Checked baggage

Due to an illness, I am on a very strict diet and would like to bring food of my own in checked baggage for my 14 day visit in July. Does anyone know

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Mar 07, 2013

Road to Pucallpa Closed? 3/7/2013

~ submitted by Jacques in Lima, Peru On March 6, 2013, I heard that the road to Pucallpa was closed due to heavy rains lately (February 2013). Does

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