Bob Harris, radio commentator, writer, stand-up comedian, Kiva supporter, recently toured Peru for a book he is writing on microfinance and provided an article for boingboing.The excellent chronicle of his trip includes a look at some of the last surviving Inca stone handiwork, the vestiges of the Spanish conquest, and the beauty of the Peruvian people and countryside.
This is well worth reading and enjoying the photographs.
For me, it serves as an ideal arm chair travelogue and a testament to the power of the Internet to convey authentic experiences from anywhere in the world.Personally I was impressed with the Incan knowledge of stone cutting and their perfect walls which have withstood centuries of neglect and earthquake.
'The Incas moved and shaped these stones, most of which are bigger than you are, and then built hundreds of such walls -- all of course with no power tools, no known use of the wheel, no draft animal bigger than a llama, and no written language beyond intricately knotted cords.'
