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What Exactly Is This Sacred Valley Thing?
It's a real thing, not a made-up marketing phrase.
Walk into an average natural foods store, and you'll encounter many a product label lavishly employing such terms as "enchanted," "spiritual," "mystical," "aura," "kharma," and so on. Far be it from us to judge, but for our part, we don't really...
What do Jack Daniels and the Sacred Valley Have in Common?
If you haven't drunk chicha, then you haven't experienced the Sacred Valley
After some posts centered on the socioeconomic conditions in rural Peru, it's now time to address a topic of real importance.What do they drink in Peru?To begin with, sugar is the name of the game down here. Few beverages can be viewed as complete...
Adobe was a Construction Material Long Before it was a Tech Company
From mud pies to mansions: all about adobe
Adobe wall eroded by rainWhile concrete and brick construction is growing more and more popular in the Sacred Valley, the mainstay for nearly all construction has remained essentially unchanged for the past 500 years. This bread and butter of...
The good the bad and the ugly. . . especially the ugly
With a face only an Inca emperor could love
Every year, in Petaluma California, a contest is held. It receives extensive media coverage, and over the years has even featured scandal related to hacking and vote tampering. What, you may ask, is so important that it drives contestants to such...
The Consistent Inconsistency Of Democracy In Peru (And Everywhere Else)
Why is it so hard to agree on anything?
I am stuck inside today due to a strike. This makes it a good day to write a blog; especially a blog about a strike. For the next 48 hours the entireprovencia(roughly equivalent to a county) of Urubamba is on strike. (Additionally theprovenciasof...