The Saturday Market is back!

My favorite market in Cusco is at the Plaza Tupac Amaru on Saturdays. It was closed down for months as Peru was locked down in a tightly controlled quarantine, but is now back, albeit with major modifications to comply with Covid regulations.

COVID in Cusco: Week 25

September 5th 2020
Sunday, 30 August, 2020 170 days since Covid arrived in Cusco It’s also been 170 days since the library in Cusco closed. I never took the time to go before, although I walked by it every day on my way to work. I always thought I’d have time “later.” I suspect that people all around the world now have time to do the things that they put off before, but now can’t do them because of the ... read more

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more

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