29 July 2010, 3:38 am
We have been refused cover by AXA because the destination is too high above sea level I wanted to buy annual travel insurance for my daughter's trip to Peru and Bolivia. The AXA policy says "trekking/hiking/walking up to 2,500 metres above sea level" is covered, but not above that height. She plans ... Read More »
27 July 2010, 12:56 pm
The Foreign Ministry in Tiraspol sent an official letter to the United Nations asking that the Transdniester Republic be acknowledged internationally, according to Moldovan news agency Unimedia, quoted by Hotnews.... Read More »
27 July 2010, 4:00 am
SOUTHLAKE, Texas----The Travelocity Roaming Gnome® is heading to Buenos Aires and he and his friends at LAN Airlines want anyone who likes him on Facebook to join in the fun and enter for a chance to win their own South American escape.... Read More »
26 July 2010, 9:30 am
LURIN, Peru (Reuters Life!) - In the shadow of the Pre-Incan ruin of Pachacamac, Peruvians in straw hats and white ponchos saunter around a lawn at a beauty contest for one of the most enduring symbols of Spanish colonialism -- the horse.... Read More »
25 July 2010, 4:43 am
Lima, Peru--Three sets of tiny hands grasp at the nursery-rhyme book I hold and three sets of luminous dark eyes look up at me. "Escucher, escucher," I murmur and they giggle at my Spanish.... Read More »
24 July 2010, 2:03 pm
LIMA, July 24 (UPI) -- The government of Peru has declared a state of emergency covering half the country because of cold weather, officials said. Peru - South America - State of emergency - MIN - Travel and Tourism... Read More »
22 July 2010, 3:04 am
Keiko Fujimori, the Peruvian presidential candidate and congresswoman, is to participate Thursday in what has become a ritual for political leaders and candidates in Peru: a visit to New Jersey.... Read More »
21 July 2010, 8:30 am
Latin-Flavored Cruises Explore Pulsating Rio de Janeiro, the Mighty Amazon, Mysterious Machu Picchu, and Legendary Cape Horn.... Read More »
21 July 2010, 2:40 am
American students with hearing loss visit a school for the deaf in Iquitos, Peru.... Read More »
20 July 2010, 11:48 pm
LIMA, Peru It is another day at the schoolhouse in Spanish-speaking Peru, and conversations are looming around me like strange hieroglyphics. There is a certain discomfiture about a setting that is instantly so familiar yet so dizzyingly encrypted.... Read More »
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