Destinys background Tale of Two Cities in Peru (Map)

current destinations: Peru Lupu Nuo, Cusco

Location: Puno (Puno) in Peru's southern border to the east of Bolivia,Lima, Peru from about 1320 km south-east.The city is located in the world's highest freshwater lake - the Lake Titicaca ((Lake Titicaca) of shore. At the same time, because it has as many as 300 kinds of folk songs and dances, known as the capital of Peru's folk.

Cuzco (Cusco) is a famous ancient city in southern Peru, the ancient Inca capital, Cuzco is now the provincial capital. beautiful city of stone slabswall and the sun temple ruins and other traces of the ancient Inca civilization everywhere. Peruvians called it" the crown jewel of the Andes" and" the cradle of the ancient Inca culture." Cusco City by the United Nations as" World Cultural and NaturalHeritage" .

Puno: South American version of" Lijiang"

In China, Lijiang to the plateau city's stance, play the Yulong Snow Mountain and the lake two cards. do not think in America, there is a similarcity. Puno in southern Peru, is also living in the Andes highlands above 3810 meters above sea level of Lake Titicaca in Peru and Bolivia are two countries there, is the world's highest navigable waters.

enter Lake Titicaca visitors usually take a kind of traveling in small vessels of 20. about 30 minutes later, people came to the Urus (Uros) of the" floating island." Lugu Lake to the Folk Customs of Marriage and Zhu Caochuan people with known, where the indigenous tribes living in water and reed boats," floating islands" known.

Urus who built a unique floating island has become very commercialized, but still is unique in the world. Urus who has been a small tribe, in order to escape aggressivepopulations, as early as a few centuries ago, they have begun floating living, to date, still hundreds of people live in these islands, they build houses with a reed boat, but also make handicrafts to sell to tourists. Floating Islandis a multi-layer grown in the Lake Titicaca in the totora reed bar with built in like a big Caochuan, usually the life of a floating island, more than 10 years, but the bottom immersed in a lake, the decay wasfast, the surface must be continuously added in the floating islands of reed, to extend its useful life. floating island's surface is very soft, started his floating island, walk some shaking, trying to get used to. Urus old married young, they self-the construction of a floating island. Urus today's lifestyles have changed, they gradually came to see the advantages of community life, we see five or six small island also home residents to live together. now this piece of water, 45 Du Libut next to each other on a floating island, the island's women in general form stout, but bright clothing to attract tourists on the island, selling their crafts.

left floating Island, the small vessels continue Manyou You drive in the lake about two and a half hours later, went to Ta Qiule Island (lsla Taquile). that the Islanders have a long Quechua weavingtradition can be seen everywhere on the island who are weaving wool, and both men and women on the island's men are proudly wearing their organization's long stocking cap. This hat is stress: if the hat is all red, thensaid he had been married, if the hat is red and white, then said he was single, and different colors represent different status. and Indian women in different land, where women, regardless of size, neverwear a hat, they like to use a big black scarf to block the sun, large scarf, fluffy pleated skirts, walking in the picturesque island. here's a kind of little girl born refined the United States, United Stateswas heartbreaking.

Cusco: the ancient Inca culture, the cradle of

morning ride from Puno, the eveningto Dakusike, made a short stay straight after Ouyang Daidan Bo (Ollantaytambo), one must go through the town to Machu Picchu from Machu Picchu by train to the town only a half hour. Maciumonks located in Bamba Left Bank altitude 2280 meters high mountain, the ancient Inca Empire is an ancient city. the site in 1983 by UNESCO as World Cultural and Natural dual heritage, which in the worldis one of the few. Unfortunately, the Cusco region in January this year, the continuing heavy rains and flooding, landslides, leading to Machu Picchu with the outside world's only rail link to be thrust. Although there before in Perumental preparation, but when entering Bamba seen along the flooding river flooded the village, close look at Machu Picchu, but do not go into this" lost Inca city" , the disappointment can bewould like to make the right.

Fortunately, Ouyang Dai Danbo a small plaza next to the ruins, known as" Little Machu Picchu." Since the linksrailway to Machu Picchu washed away by the flood, the majority of visitors to this site visit only, and to fill the hearts of the dream of Machu Picchu. This site can be said to Machu Picchu in miniature, although only ruins,but when prosperity was visible during the spectacular Style, where there are steep steps of the same, spectacular terrace, exquisite and ancient ritual area Shiqu, there is the stone with the cutting precision to a pile of stone walls, the stone wallblock the gap between less than 1 mm, the joints of their superb skills and help us amazed, Incas undoubtedly born master mason, stone wall is the skeleton Inca civilization. ruins all the stones are from the UrubambaRiver mining hillside high above come the course of the same transport rock amazing.

people understand the history of Cuscosolemn and deep, this city combines the characteristics of the Inca Empire and the Spanish style of architecture as the most memorable, temples, churches, stone walls, the uneven stone road, mixed into a wonderful whole, people feel that history is almostis within reach. weapons noise of the square as the weather will be late and go away, passing by the shadow of the stone on the road keeps getting longer, a pan floating in the distance ... ... the sun is gone, fall of the Inca Empire, and the ancient city's image is always fixed grid in the mind, in the camera.

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to find the fate of the background

it will affect the lives of hundreds of their own reasons for the volatility is called" Destiny" , in fact," any decision not final, can be derived from the decision, the decision of the other" , which is South American writer Jorge Luis Borges said. So, with these quotations, to describe the America described by Borges and explore life's destiny.

to Peru, a history deeply rooted in the country. Circumstances have changed and mind are not the same, and can make people think a lot of questions. heremaintained unchanged for hundreds of years Aboriginal tradition, and to protect ancient buildings perfect Inca and Spanish-style town with other images superimposed, it is people think fantasy. original, fate is the case, fantastic idea, the morebackground is real. this trip and this of Machu Picchu" The Lost Inca City" pass, indeed a great pity, but left to return to Peru for his excuse might one day againset foot on this piece full of magic and mystery of Peru's territory.

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visa: Peru tourist visa materials, includingOriginal passport (must have 6 months validity, the last page must be signed), two inches white hat color photo 3; card 2, personal data sheet, the Chinese copy of business license, the company stamped blank letterhead, etc.expected to take 7 to 10 working days.

Transportation: Guangzhou Fei Bali or Amsterdam, then fly to South America. South America by inland optional paragraphChile's LAN airline, LAN Airlines is one of the largest in South America, in Peru it accounted for 50% of air traffic.

Cuisine: Peru and China have a population of Chinese origin 20%, even if unfamiliar with the place of the foreigners can easily find a Chinese restaurant, the restaurant door as they each have their own Chinese name in addition to, the have a common sign --Chifa (Cantonese" eat" sounds). Peruvian cuisine can be roughly divided into two series: the coastal areas of Lima, represented mainly by spicy, main ingredient is fish, seafood, chicken and potatoes, mostly practicesalad, steamed and grilled; to Cusco, represented by the main mountain dishes to sweet taste, main ingredient is beef, lamb and potatoes to stew, braise, fry the main. Many Peruvians also like to eat French and Spanish dishes.