Category: Spring 2019

TOURISM IN MACHU PICCHU: BLESSING OR CURSE?

Chicago Talks, June 11, 2019

How tourism is benefitting … and polluting the ancient city. IN 2007 MACHU PICCHU was…

Chicago Talks, May 24, 2019May 24, 2019

Catholicism and gay rights do not find harmony in this South American country. “COFFEE IS…

Chicago Talks, May 22, 2019

One must always be prepared for the ups and downs of travel. Don’t talk to…

Chicago Talks, May 17, 2019May 17, 2019

The different faces of the cuy, our Guinea pig. IN SOME PLACES, they are kept…

Chicago Talks, May 15, 2019May 15, 2019

Aguas Calientes, a required stop on the way to Machu Picchu, is quaint and chaotic….

Chicago Talks, May 8, 2019May 4, 2019

You come to Peru, you leave with alpacas UP IN THE ANDES in the Peruvian…

Chicago Talks, May 6, 2019May 6, 2019

Hues and meaning on the other side of the Equator ON THE EARLY MORNING of…

Chicago Talks, May 4, 2019May 4, 2019

Eating in this Latin American country is much tastier than you could have ever imagined….