Category Archives: Events

Sept. 8 presentation on progress of new Scissor Dance documentary

By admin | Published: September 3, 2010
Our favorite documentary filmmaker Mitch Teplitsky, director of Soy Andina, and Peruvian filmmaker Gaby Yepes, director of Danzak, will be at the Lima Clubhouse of South American Explorers next Wednesday to offer a presentation on their new project about Scissors Dancers. Sustainable tourism student Yaneth Cisneros will also offer a presentation on her recent pilgrimage [...]
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Facts about Lima (ahead of the capital city’s 475th anniversary)

By admin | Published: January 14, 2010
… Lima was founded by Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizarro on Jan. 18, 1535 at 10 o’clock in the morning … The abundance of firewood was one of the reasons Lima was chosen as the site of the capital. … Pizarro chose the current site of the government palace for his residence and seat of power [...]
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Fertur Peru Travel celebrates her Quinceañera

By Rick Vecchio | Published: October 30, 2009
We turned 15 today! For those who don’t know, in Latin American culture, a girl’s fifteenth birthday marks a coming of age. From humble beginnings in a shared office on Jirón  Belén, Fertur Peru Travel has grown to maturity with two offices in Lima (one in the historic center and the other in Miraflores) and [...]
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Mistura 2009 – Peruvian cuisine at its finest

By Henry Silva | Published: September 29, 2009
The second edition of this gastronomy fair was beyond all expectations. If you were in Lima from Thursday, Sept. 24 to Sunday, Sept. 27, and you were not informed about Mistura, the gastronomy fair that brought together the most popular representatives of Peruvian cooking, then you lost an incredible opportunity to taste the most spectacular [...]
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