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Kuoda Travel's Blog – July 2011 Archive (3)

Machu Picchu at 100: Expert Christopher Heaney Answers Our Questions About Hiram Bingham.

By Emily Guilmette, Kuoda Travel

On July 24, Peru marks 100 years since Hiram Bingham, a Yale professor sponsored by the National Geographic Society, came upon the vine-covered ruins. Bingham and his team, with the approval of the contemporary Peruvian government, cleared the site, excavated and presented Machu Picchu to the world in high…

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Added by Kuoda Travel on July 24, 2011 at 11:54am — 2 Comments

The Travel Urge

By Emily Guilmette

In recent weeks I have been updating ourKuoda web site, blog and social pages (please look for us on facebook, twitter, LinkedIn, digg and delicious), to provide better and more interesting information to all of you.

As I combed through various sites and articles, I came across a Pico Iyer essay on Salon´s site…

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Added by Kuoda Travel on July 16, 2011 at 12:04pm — No Comments

Off the Beaten Track in Peru's Andes: A Visit to Queswachaca Bridge

By Emily Guilmette, Kuoda Travel

Our day-long adventure took us South (photos at the end of the post!), zipping with our chatty driver out of the historic center of Cusco. We passed the city’s more modern urban areas, watching locals hurry about their daily business and hankering for a stop in one of the many “pollerias,” where…

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Added by Kuoda Travel on July 15, 2011 at 2:23pm — No Comments