{"id":11750,"date":"2021-11-19T20:18:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T00:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=11750"},"modified":"2021-11-19T20:18:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T00:18:56","slug":"geography-peru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=11750","title":{"rendered":"Geography: Peru"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Geography Now! PERU\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x0XCXGXGZMs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Asian fusion<\/li><li>Capital: Lima<\/li><li>24 provinces<\/li><li>Source of the Amazon river (Lake Junin = Cinchaycocha)<\/li><li>Inca Empire: Chasquis running from Tambo to Tambo as mailmen<\/li><li>Machu Picchu<\/li><li>Sacsayhuaman (\"sexywoman\")<\/li><li>Titicaca floating village<\/li><li>Skylodge adventure suites<\/li><li>Salt pans of Maras<\/li><li>Rinconada (highest city in the world - cool night view)<\/li><li>Rainbow Mountain<\/li><li>Cerro Blanco (World's tallest sand dune)<\/li><li>Gocta falls (3rd tallest in the world)<\/li><li>Shanay-Timpishka river (boiling river)<\/li><li>Andes Mountains (2nd tallest range after Himalayas)<\/li><li>Earthquakes\/volcanoes<\/li><li>Mostly rainforest (60%), mountains (30%)<\/li><li>Llama = national animal<\/li><li>Giant Andean Condor (largest flying bird in the world)<\/li><li>Puya Raimondii (tallest flowering plant)<\/li><li>Potato originated from Peru (4000+ varieties)<\/li><li>Quinoa &amp; maca (world's largest producer)<\/li><li>Coati dung coffee (most expensive coffee) $1400\/kilo<\/li><li>Gold (#6 in the world)<\/li><li>largest company: Aero Condor<\/li><li>top rating culinary in latin world (in Central &amp; Maido)<\/li><li>Food: Lomo Saltado, Arroz con pato, Anticuchos, Rocoto Relleno, Aji de Gallina, Llama meat, Lucuma &amp; Camucamu,  Papas a la huancaina. Ceviche &amp; Cuy-Roasted guinea pig (national dishes)<\/li><li>had Japanese as president: Alberto Fujimori<\/li><li>10-20% could have East Asian root.<\/li><li>Language: Spanish. Quechua + Aymara (modern descendants of Incans) = slower heart rate, 1\/3 larger lung capacity, more blood volume, due to thin air and cold.<\/li><li>Atlas Obscura: Incans never had wheel, no iron, mainly built on fiber.<\/li><li>Incans: Quipus = knotted fiber for communication<\/li><li>Incans: Married women wear woven hats, single women wear knitted hats.<\/li><li>Catholicism but fusion with Pachamama (mother earth), 2nd largest of shamans in the world after India.<\/li><li>Everyone knows the song: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sspHSzXlktc\" target=\"_blank\">Contigo Peru<\/a><\/li><li>Music: Charango (like ukulele), Pan flute, Creole music, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RL3Fnm1fc4Q\" target=\"_blank\">El Condor Pasta<\/a> (famous song) - Simon &amp; Garfunkel played it too (I noticed that the melody is similar also to their The Sound of Silence)<\/li><li>Leave a bit of beer to pour on soil to give back to mother Earth.<\/li><li>Paracas Skulls (Aliens conspiracy theories) - pushed and elongated over time = symbolizes nobility<\/li><li>Hates Senorita Laura, she's Mexico's problem now.<\/li><li>Guano (exported guano) Era under <strong>Ramon Castilla<\/strong> (also abolishes slavery)<\/li><li>Military dictatorship vs. democracy again and again<\/li><li>Falklands\/Malvinas war = deported to Argentina<\/li><li>Cenepa War (War with Ecuador)<\/li><li>Soccer (Teofilo Cubillas)<\/li><li>War of the Pacific (with Frenemy Chile). All best restaurants in Chile are Peruvian; best stores in Peru are Chilean. Dispute on national drink = Pisco Sour<\/li><li>With Brazil = business relationship<\/li><li>Chinese &amp; Japan. Lots of cheap Chinese labors when slavery was abolished. Largest Chinese community in Latin America. Longer history with Japan.<\/li><li>Best friends: Argentina &amp; Bolivia<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notes: Asian fusion Capital: Lima 24 provinces Source of the Amazon river (Lake Junin = Cinchaycocha) Inca Empire: Chasquis running from Tambo to Tambo as mailmen Machu Picchu Sacsayhuaman (\"sexywoman\") Titicaca floating village Skylodge adventure suites Salt pans of Maras &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=11750\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11751,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11750\/revisions\/11751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}