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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...
Quechua 101
From Star Wars to Clothing Brands, Quechua Just Keeps Showing Up.
What do Star Wars and the Sacred Valley have in common?To start with, I invite you to enjoy this controversial little clip from the original Star Wars episode. If you can set aside you existential angst about who actually fired first, you might...
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...
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...