18 articles on "peru"

British Superultramodern Scientific Institution BSSI

Superultramodern Science (SS) Newsletter of The British Superultramodern Scientific Institution (BSSI)Issue 1 : February 2005The Founder and President of BSSIThe founder and president of BSSI is Dr Kedar Joshi, PBSSI, MRI, Cambridge, UK. The date of...

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Peruvian Coastal Deserts - The Sechura and the Atacama

Peru is a country of extremes, extremes in culture, language, history, architecture, flora, fauna and most noticeably, landscapes. Over half the country is Amazon Jungle, you have the spine of the mighty Andes mountains and finally the thin coastal s...

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Surfing On Your Peru Vacaction

Peru is well known for its Inca and Colonial history, the home of the potato, and Machu Picchu. Peru's more than 1,800 miles of western coastline along the Pacific Ocean generally do not make for many great beaches as most of it is the upper str...

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Mario Vargas Llosa - Peru's Nobel Prize Winner

Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa has long been regarded as one of the most acclaimed writers, playwrights, essayists and literary critics in Latin America. Recently this reputation was confirmed by the prestigious 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature. T...

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Corpus Christi Celebrations in Peru

Peru in South America celebrates over 3,000 festivals and holidays every year. Well known holidays like New Year, Christmas, Easter (or Semana Santa as it is more known in Spanish), are celebrated here, but most of the celebrations in Peru are for a ...

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4 Peru Souvenier Ideas To Delight Your Friends and Family

A Peru vacation may seem like a nice time, but really it's a high pressure situation. Waiting for you back at home are your loved ones; you know if you return empty-handed you'll be confronted by ill-concealed looks of disappointment. Frien...

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Alan Garcia - The Peruvian President Who Got a Second Chance

When general elections were held on June 4, 2006, Alan Gabriel Ludwig Garcia Perez, a member of the Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana party (APRA), a left-center Peruvian political organization, became the current President of Peru. As the hea...

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Peruvian Animals

Due to the existence of the Andes Mountains, the Amazon River and the Pacific Ocean, Peru has the one of the greatest bio-diversities in the world. This Andean country is one of the 17 countries on earth that is home to 80% of the total world biodive...

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Introduction to Peruvian Food

One of the great attractions of Peru is its food. Almost every Peruvian dish is prepared with imagination and contains rice and potatoes plus chicken, pork, lamb or fish as the base. Also included in many of the dishes is a different kind of hot pepp...

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5 Quirky Traditions To Watch Out For On Your Peru Vacation

Random. Surprising. Frustrating. Strange. If you've ever taken a Peru Vacation, one or all of these words will float into your mind sooner or later. If you were expecting to encounter life in the same form as back home, you'll be in for a ...

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