Posts Tagged ‘Lake Titicaca’


Peru / South America / WHL Group news / architecture & landmarks / cities / ecotours / human interests / new local connections

Lima, the Gateway to Peru, is the Latest whl.travel Destination

  • whl.travel
  • 5 May 2010

THIS ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE AND FRENCH. Lima, the intriguing capital and largest city of Peru, has long been an important hub in Latin America. The Spanish founded Lima in 1535 as a strategic position from which to explore the unknown treasures that the interior country was believed to hold. They had no idea just how accurate this assumption would prove to be.

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Bolivia / South America / human interests / lakes / personal experience / photo of the week

Photo of the Week: Hands of a Bolivian Boatbuilder

  • Image and text by Mauricio Suarez, whl.travel local connection in La Paz, Bolivia
  • 7 February 2010

Pictured here are the hands of Mr. Demetrio Limachi who, at around 70 years old, is the only surviving brother of three that assisted Norwegian explorer and scientist Thor Heyerdahl in the construction of traditional South America vessels that were used in his famous adventures. Having noted the presence of facial hair on some of…

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