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Oranges!

The children of Japu were even more excited about the oranges than the hot chocolate or panettone. Many of them ate the orange like an apple, peel and all. So far from any town, at the end of a long, rough road, I doubt fresh fruit reaches this village more than a handful of times per year.
Covid in Cusco: Week 40

December 20th 2020
Sunday, 13 December, 2020 40 weeks is full term! Cusco has carried our Covid baby to full term, but now what? It has been a full nine months since Covid was officially diagnosed in Cusco, on March 13th. So much has happened, sometimes it feels like a full decade, not just one year. I don’t think that we’re yet at a point in the pandemic when we can actually have an idea of what the futur ... read more
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Peruvian Flag 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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