Machu Picchu has become a very popular destination recent years. May be you know this site had been declared as one of the new 7 wonders of the worl this year. About eight hundred thousands tourists have been visited Machu Picchu this year. And it is expected that around one million travelers will visit this fabulous city on year 2008.

Machu Picchu has become a very popular destination for travel lovers in recent years. Recently it was declared as one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. This only increases the number of travelers to this beautiful city.

For some time there have been plans to start a Christian radio station here in Cotahuasi. It took ages for the license to be approved but we finally have it. There is an unused tower up on the rim of the high plain, that belongs to some government agency. After of couple of years of trying to get permission to either rent or buy the tower, all of the positive promises turned to nothing, so the plan is now to build our own tower.

"Well you will soon know if you are hikers" commented the fit young man with all the right trekking gear. We wondered, the next day, as his long legs rhythmically strode out leaving us way behind.

On September 1st, the team from Westside Baptist Church in Florida arrived in Arequipa and Lucho and I met them at the airport. They spent the night in Arequipa and in the morning we started on the two-day trip to Pausa. We spent the first night in Caraveli, and in the morning continued on to Cahuacho.

With towering volcanic peaks, white stone architecture and plenty of attractions to explore, Arequipa is a great destination to add to your Peru itinerary. Nathan & Emma, two RealTravelers who are traveling around the Americas in 90 days recently visited Arequipa. One of their favorite sites to see was the Santa Catalina Monastery, a convent originally built in 1580, now one of Arequipa’s most popular tourist attractions.

Travelers to the city of Chachapoyas, Peru know what it really means to go “off the beaten path,” like whichwayisnorth who spent two days getting to this land of archaeological wonders, using a creative variety of transportation including their feet, a 1980’s station wagon, mototaxis with flashlights for headlights, and a basket rigged by pulleys used to cross a wild river and skirt a landslide.

When you look at the Mayan Temples and cliff Dwellings and the incredible artifacts and ruins at Machu Picchu, you have to ask yourself a few questions. Number one in the case of the high altitude of the Machu Picchu deal and the Cliff Dwellings in the mountain away from all predators, etc.

The Incas regarded coca as ‘the divine plant’ mainly because of its property of imparting endurance, nevertheless its use was entwined with every aspect of life; the art, mythology, culture and economy of the Andean civilisations, including the Inca Empire.