Welcome to the Peru Trip Travel Collection! Below you will find links to helpful video and reading material, as well as a guide for tips in dressing in Peru. See suggested products below to keep in mind for packing.
What to Watch/ Listen-
Podcast:
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IN OUR TIME: THE INCA
In this BBC episode, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the people of Cusco, in modern Peru, established an empire along the Andes down to the Pacific under their supreme leader Pachacuti.
Feature Film:
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THE MILK OF SORROW
Nominated for the 2010 Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year and won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
What to Read-
Books:
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THE WHITE ROCK: AN EXPLORATION OF THE INCA HEARTLAND
by Hugh Thomson. A history of the Inca people and their heartland, with a thrilling mix of information and adventure. -
WOVEN STORIES
by Andrea Heckman. An in depth look at weaving and Quechua culture. -
DEATH IN THE ANDES
by Mario Vargas Llosa, about the chasm between indigenous culture and the Peruvian state, and what life was like under the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path). -
ONE RIVER
by Wade Davis. A book more focused on the Amazon, but with parts that are relevant to the highlands. -
BEL CANTO
by Ann Pachett. A fictional retelling of the Japanese embassy hostage crisis in Lima in the 1990s
15 products
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