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The Future of Travel? (Not.)

According to the folks over at Skyscanner, travel in 2024 will include: holographic virtual assistants who notice you’re working too much, plan perfect trips for you, and subtly motivate you to take them by injecting images from those...

May 8, 2014
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Park of the Reserve (Lima, Peru)

We’re in Lima, with just a few hours to go before we head back to the airport. Rodrigo, our guide from Peruvian Local Friends, suggests we spend the sunset and early evening hours at the Park of the Reserve, in the shadow of Lima’s...

March 20, 2014
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Pachacamac

I’m in the back seat of a car, hurtling toward Pachacamac (say, “pa-cha-CAHM-ack“), the pyramid complex about twenty-five miles outside of Lima. The modern storefronts and well-tended flowerbeds of Miraflores quickly give way to...

March 18, 2014
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Plaza Mayor (Lima, Peru)
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Plaza Mayor (Lima, Peru)

Tonight’s stroll takes us to the literal birthplace of Lima — now called the Plaza Mayor. There’s history galore in this space — including a Catholic Church built right smack on top of what once was an Incan huaca (a sacred...

March 15, 2014
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Catacombs (Lima, Peru)

There was a time when, if you paid enough money, the monks at this Franciscan monastery would bury you in the catacombs beneath the church. If you were particularly wealthy, you would be laid to rest in a private burial chamber. If you weren’t...

March 15, 2014
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Real Markets, Real Ceviche (Lima, Peru)

Yesterday, we were taken to a spotless market — most likely built for tourists — where every single fruit and vegetable was displayed like fine art. Today, we head out to a real market, frequented by locals. “And if you...

March 15, 2014
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MiraFlores – Night Time Stroll

We have no particular plans on Friday night, so we decide to do what the locals seem to be doing: wandering the streets, with no particular destination in mind. Our hotel is about a block off the main drag — a busy four-lane strip of asphalt...

March 15, 2014
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Lunch at Huaca Pucllana (Lima, Peru)
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Lunch at Huaca Pucllana (Lima, Peru)

I’m a little dubious about the restaurant at Huaca Pucllana. I mean, come on. It’s a restaurant built right smack in the middle of a pre-Incan huaca, or temple site. I imagine that the place must be incredibly touristy — something...

March 14, 2014
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Mark and Clyde Make Ceviche (Lima, Peru)

David, our fantastic guide from Lima Gourmet Company, plops us down in front of a bowl of raw fish. “It’s a mild white fish,” David explains. “Sea bass, cut into small chunks. It’s very fresh.” He gestures at the...

March 14, 2014
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