LINKS

Transportation inside Peru

General Information on Peru

Current Weather conditions in Peru

Newspapers Today’s head lines from Lima and Cusco

Listen to Radio stations live from Peru

Peru national Television stations

Cultural Information on Peru

Archeology in Perú

Cusco and Peru Tourism links

Hotels in Cusco and the Sacred Valley

Children’s foundations in Peru and world wide

Ballooning links

 

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Transportation inside Peru

 

Ground

Ormeño bus lines, Peruvian inter national Bus company. 

http://www.ascinsa.com.pe/ORMENO/

 Cruz de Sur bus lines, Peruvian National Bus company.

http://www.cruzdelsur.com.pe/

 

Peru Rail,

Train to Machu Picchu, Puno, Arequipa, schedules and reservations. (in English)

http://www.perurail.com/

 

Air      

Lan Perú,

National Peruvian airline, they have the most flights Lima to Cusco. (in English)

http://www.lanperu.com/

 

TACA Perú,

National airline, the only airline that has a 1^st class section Lima to Cusco. (in English)

http://www.grupotaca.com/

 

Aero Condor,

National Peruvian airlines, they also fly to many smaller Peruvian city’s including tour flights over the Nasca lines, (in Spanish)

http://www.aerocondor.com.pe/

 

STAR PERU, National airline

All of the South American airlines web page links http://www.atlasnavigator.com/directory/al_samr.html#Peru

 

Water

Hydrofoil service on lake Titicaca; Puno to Copacabana and Isle of the sun.

http://www.titicaca.com/

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General Information on Peru

 

Today’s Currency exchange rate. USD $ to Nuevo Soles S/.  .

http://finance.yahoo.com/m5?a=1&s=USD&t=PEN&c=0

 

United states embassy in Lima.

http://usembassy.state.gov/lima/wwwhmain.html

   

World Explorer Club

http://www.wexclub.com/

 

South American Explorers Club Cusco Peru.

http://www.saexplorers.org/clubhouses/cusco/

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Current Weather conditions in Peru

 

SEAMHI, National weather reporting service of Peru.

http://www.senamhi.gob.pe/

 

Satellite weather photos of Peru

http://www.corpac.gob.pe/servicios/satelite/ima_sat.asp

 

CORPAC Peru airport services airport weather conditions.

http://www.corpac.gob.pe/servicios/etm.asp

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Newspapers Today’s head lines from Lima and Cusco

 

Living in Peru. Great news in English updated daily.

http://www.livinginperu.com/news/

 

El Comericio, Leading news paper of Lima Peru.

http://elcomercioperu.com.pe/

 

http://www.larepublica.com.pe/

 

Cusco daily news paper in Spanish. Find out what´s happening in Cusco today

http://www.diariodelcusco.com

 

Caretas

Weekly News Magazine from Lima, social and ecomic

http://www.caretas.com.pe/

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Listen to Music and live Radio stations from Peru

 

RPP noticias tune into Live public radio of Peru.

http://www.rpp.com.pe/

 

Music from the Andes

http://www.boleadora.com/andes.htm

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Peru national Television stations

 

America Television Lima

http://www.americatv.com.pe/

 

Panamericana television Lima channel  5

http://www.pantel.com.pe/

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Cultural Information on Peru

 

Very nice information on the native Quechua  weavers of Chinchero, Cusco.

http://www.incas.org

 

Andean links, many interesting cultural links for Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.

http://www.andes.org/bookmark.html

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Archeology in Peru

 

Dr. John Verano, Tulane University forensic anthropology studies at the Huaca de Luna in Trujillo, Star of National Geographic TV documentary on Sacrifices of the Moche chulture in Peru.

http://www.tulane.edu/~verano/

verano@tulane.edu

 

Dr. Walter Alva, a Globos de los Andes frequent flyer.

http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/information/biography/abcde/alva_walter.html

 

National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

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Cusco and Peru Tourism links

 

Eco Montana,

local Cusco Mountain Bike tour operator.  The pioneer of mountain biking in Peru.

http://www.angelfire.com/pe/ecomontana/

 

SAS

Cusco Inca trail outfitter located in the main Plaza of Cusco.  http://www.sastravelperu.com/english/other.html

  

Tour of Peru by horse.

http://www.toursonhorseback.com/tour2.htm

  

Explorandes, First class Peru tour operator.

http://www.explorandes.com/   

 

Apumayo Cusco Outfitter and River rafting company.

http://www.cuscoperu.com/apumayo/

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Hotels in Cusco and the Sacred Valley

 

Monistery Hotel Cusco ØØØØØ

www.monasterio.orient-express.com

 

Golden Peru Hostel Cusco hotel ØØØ

http://www.perusuites.com  

 

Rio Sagrado       

Camping Los Girasols,

Rustic hotel outside the village of Urubamba, also owner Jose Louis guides treks in the Urubamba mountain range.

http://www.galeon.com/losgirasoles/index.htm

 

Rustic 1st class chaletts, in the sacred valley

Chaletts in the countryside of Urubamba.

http://www.urubamba.com/

   

Rupawasi very nice eco hotel in Aguas Caliente / Machu Picchu

http://www.rupawasi.net

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Children’s foundations in Peru and world wide

 

Globos de los Andes is dedicated in helping the abandon children of the sacred valley on the Incas. If you are coming to visit Cusco and would like to help "Casa de Milagros" all donations are welcome, they always are in need of any school or art supplies, bed sheets, childrens warm clothing. Please visit this site.  

http://www.chandlersky.org/

 

Hope projects: humanitarian work to the peoples of the high Andes of South America.

http://www.hopeprojects.net/
 

World children foundation "Winds of Hope" Bertrand Piccard the pilot on first non stop balloon flight arround the word has set up this wonderful fundation sending medical help to children in far corners of the world.

http://www.windsofhope.org/ 

 

Jacques-Yves Cousteau society

http://www.cousteausociety.org/

 

los Niños

hotel and organization helping the street kinds of Cusco.

http://www.stichtinghope.org/english/index.html

 

Tribal Ink

News and information on native peoples of Americas.

http://www.tribalink.org 

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Ballooning links

 

Virgin Hot Air Balloon Flights offers the best experience in Hot Air Ballooning in UK

http://www.virginballoonflights.co.uk

   

Ballooning in the Smokey Mountains with Jeff Landsdown

http://www.smokymtnballoons.com/index.html

 

The 1974 hot air balloon flight over the Nazca lines.

Julian Nott and Jim Woodman, using a smoke balloon to prove the ancient Nasca culture flew hot air balloons to look at the lines from the air.

http://www.nott.com/nazca.htm

 

Hot air ballooning expeditions to the north pole, (great gift idea for any mother in law)

http://www.north-pole-expeditions.com/

 

Betran Picards round the world balloon flight web page

http://www.breitling.com/eng/aeronautics/orbiter/index.html

 

Head balloons, Helena Ga, Hot air balloon mfg Tarp Head.

http://www.headballoons.com/

 

Ballooning life magazine

http://www.balloonlife.com/

 

School science class projects

http://www.balloonlife.com/webarch/balloonscience.htm

 

Firefly balloon

www.fireflyballoon.com 

 

All Balloon Information and resource directory about balloons and balloon supplies

http://www.allballoon.com/schoolballoon/

 

Hot air ballooning info Offers a guide to hot air ballooning, including a directory of festivals and places to take balloon rides. Also contains ballooning basics.

http://www.launch.net/

 

Stockholm Sweden, City Balong

http://www.cityballong.se .