While shopping 12,500 feet above sea level at a Peruvian market near Lake Titicaca, I discovered that I could buy a llama for about $67, a patty of cow dung for 60 cents and a cat for 30 cents. Odd ...

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We had just taken a ride on bumpy roads in nondescript neighborhoods through Puno, Peru, passing markets that most tourists probably don't hanker to see, before we finally turned toward our hotel. It ...

This mythical place in the Andes is the cradle of the Inca civilization. This mythical place in the Andes is the cradle of the Inca civilization. Covering 8,300 square kilometers and perched at 3,800 ...

Lake Titicaca is a giant body of water on the border between Bolivia and Peru that sits 12,500 feet above sea level. The once-thriving island fishing community is seeing the lake change before them ...

Sprawling across the Andean mountain border between Bolivia and Peru, Lake Titicaca is a popular spot with travelers who visit the floating reed islands of the Uru people, or the religious festivals ...

PUNO, Peru — In the beginning, there was a lake cradled in the mountains of a high plateau in the Andes. How it got here was simple: The universe cried, and its tears flooded the world. Mankind had ...

When my wife and I received an invitation to attend a wedding in Peru, we eagerly anticipated exploring what we found to be a fascinating country. Peru, larger than Germany, France and the U.K.

LAKE TITICACA, Bolivia (Reuters) - Isaac Callizaya, 39, grew up with the sound of waves lapping on the shores of Lake Titicaca, a giant body of water on the border between Bolivia and Peru that at ...

An ancient group of people made ritual offerings to supernatural deities near the Island of the Sun in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, about 500 years earlier than the Incas, according to an international ...

Ahead of World Wetlands Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Lake Titicaca – one of the largest lakes in South America. Covering an area of around 8300 sq km, Lake Titicaca lies on the ...