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Don & Mary Lou Liepold - 50th Wedding Anniversary in Peru Overview

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Don & Mary Lou Liepold - 50th Wedding Anniversary in Peru Overview

PERU - Trip of a Lifetime
JANUARY 9-25, 2020

Travelers: Don and Mary Lou Liepold from Wisconsin
Occasion: 50th Wedding Anniversary
Background: After a tremendous amount of research, we decided to take a trip to Peru for our 50th Wedding Anniversary.

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Walking Tour of Colonial Arequipa

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Walking Tour of Colonial Arequipa

  • A self-guided walk through Arequipa’s splendid Colonial centre.

  • 3 km (2 mile) route takes roughly 1.5 hours (not including site visits).

  • Starting at Plaza de Armas & taking in various churches, mansions & museums.

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Fry & Burt - Southern Peru & Amazonia Review

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Fry & Burt - Southern Peru & Amazonia Review

Read the review of a young couple from the UK’s six-week tour of Southern Peru and Amazonia.

  • Included stays at two eco-lodges in Peru’s Amazon.

  • Overland trip from Lima to Cusco, via Arequipa & Puno.

  • Hikes in Colca Canyon & to Machu Picchu from KM 104.

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Peru's Living Legend: Mario Vargas Llosa

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Peru's Living Legend: Mario Vargas Llosa

Born in the southern city of Arequipa in 1936, Mario Vargas Llosa stands as one of the lions of modern Latin American literature alongside Colombia’s Gabriel García Márquez and Mexico’s Carlos Fuentes.

In 2010, he became the first Peruvian to win a Nobel Prize - for Literature - which solidified his position as a literary great and a national hero. 

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Annie Peck: Scholar, Mountaineer & Feminist

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Annie Peck: Scholar, Mountaineer & Feminist

Annie Smith Peck, who was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1850, was a remarkable female pioneer in a wide variety of fields, but is best known in Peru for the first ascent of its highest mountain, at the age of 58.