Iquitos or Puerto Maldonado: Which Jungle in Peru?

Another incident -- this time involving a death and dozens of injuries -- sees Machu Picchu close out a tumultuous year with it's international reputation quickly eroding as the facets of the tourist ...

31 Dec 202512min

About a month into Lima's current State of Emergency, there appears to be a lot of show and few results. While we await an official report, some new data shows that homicides have not significantly de...

24 Nov 20258min

Friday morning Peru woke up to its 7th President in the last 9 years with only two actualluy being elected. In this episode I'll explain what has happened and what you can might expect in the coming d...

12 Okt 202514min

Nothing will ruin a trip for which you may have spent hundreds if not thousands of dollars to visit one of the Seven Modern Wonders of the World only to find out you can't get a ticket or your dream o...

2 Okt 202524min

No matter how amazing Machu Picchu is, once again incompetence is making it look like a bad choice of places to visit. The possibility of a strike stopping transportation for yourists up and down the ...

10 Sep 202510min

This was a lot of fun and focuses on absolutely free things to see and experience mostly around Cusco's central historical center. Some you can probably guess, but not all.  You can learn more at the ...

5 Sep 202532min

This episode took a long time to prepare as I simply have a LOT of adventures to tell you -- things like dealing with miners and loggers in the rainforest, searching for wild (and even sometimes dange...

10 Aug 202544min

In this episode I answer questions that I've seen come up the most so far in 2025 from people planning a trip to Peru. I read social media and watch YouTube videos constantly to get a feel for what pe...

23 Juni 202533min