NOVA: What was your first impression of Machu Picchu? Ken Wright: When I arrived in 1994, my first visit ever, I was blown away by the view of Machu Picchu itself and also by the surrounding territory ...

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La Raya Pass, at 14,172 feet above sea level, was the highest point on my small group's drive from the shores of Lake Titicaca in southern Peru to Cuzco, the former Inca capital. The site offers ...

Cuzco, I decided, had to be the gayest city in South America. Everywhere I turned were rainbow flags. They fluttered in front of banks, in hotel lobbies, in restaurants, atop government buildings.

Cusco is South America’s oldest continuously inhabited city and a delightful place to visit ø¢â‚¬” once you can handle the altitude. Located 3,350 metres above sea level in south-eastern Peru, it was ...

Who doesn’t dream of visiting Machu Picchu? I finally got my chance after hitching a ride on National Geographic’s Around-the-World-by-Private-Jet expedition last week. And while the Inca village in ...

I first saw Cuzco in 1960 and fell hopelessly for this strange city. I have twice lived there for a while, and go back whenever I possibly can. Cuzco never forgets that it was the capital of the ...