Peru: ‘Rivers of gold’ rush through the Amazon in stunning photo captured from the ISS 

‘Rivers of gold’ rush through the Peruvian Amazon in stunning photo captured by a NASA astronaut from the International Space Station The photo was taken by an astronaut crewing NASA’s Expedition 64 to the ISS Both the Inambari River and water-filled gold prospective pits can be seen  The latter are usually not visible from the ISS due … Read more

Peru opens Machu Picchu for one Japanese tourist trapped for months in the country due to pandemic

Peru’s famous Machu Picchu has opened after months of coronavirus closure for just a single visitor – a Japanese tourist stranded in the country by the pandemic. Jesse Takayama’s entry into the ruins came thanks to a special request the 26-year-old submitted while stranded since March in the town of Aguas Calientes, on the slopes … Read more

Giant fossilised tree in Peru shows Andes environmental change

Giant fossilised tree discovered in Peru reveals how the environment in the Andes mountains has changed drastically during the past 10 million years The tree was found in Peru and researchers say it dates back 10 million years Researchers say the tree fossil came from a high-altitude site in southern Peru  The area it grew … Read more

Peru mayor pretends to be dead as police arrest him for breaking lockdown

Dead drunk: Mayor lies in a coffin and pretends to be a coronavirus victim to avoid arrest after breaking curfew rules to go drinking in Peru Jaime Rolando Urbina Torres, mayor of a small town in southern Peru, accused of breaking coronavirus lockdown to go drinking with friends  When police turned up he jumped into … Read more

Australian actress Nathalie Kelley reveals her family are stranded in Peru amid COVID-19

EXCLUSIVE ‘I need to stay strong for them’: Australian actress Nathalie Kelley reveals her family are stranded in Peru after border closures prevented them from traveling home By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:11 BST, 13 April 2020 | Updated: 06:56 BST, 13 April 2020 Australian actress Nathalie Kelley has revealed some of … Read more

Incredible pictures show the world’s most fascinating railways, from Alaska to Wales via Peru

Railways stretch for more than a million kilometres (620,000 miles) around the world. And some of the track takes in some pretty jaw-dropping scenery – as these incredible pictures show. They feature in new book Rail Journeys, by David Ross, which celebrates with 200 photos the most unusual, romantic and remarkable landscapes in the world … Read more

Outrage as work begins on new ‘Machu Picchu’ airport in Peru

Outrage as work begins on new ‘Machu Picchu’ airport that historians and environmentalists say will cause ‘irreparable damage’ to landscapes rich in Inca history Bulldozers are currently clearing land for the new airport in Inca town Chinchero Town is regarded as the gateway to the Sacred Valley and close to Machu Picchu  7,000 people have … Read more

Passengers burst into applause as British Airways repatriation flight from Peru lands at Gatwick

Relieved passengers burst into applause after a British Airways repatriation flight from Peru landed at Gatwick this morning – but thousands of Brits still stranded abroad. The flight was one of two BA flights that took off from Lima on Monday evening and arrived safely in the UK on Tuesday morning. Footage posted on social … Read more

Nobby Solano apologises for attending party in Peru with the country on coronavirus lockdown 

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more

British woman, 20, stuck in Peru on her gap year feels ‘abandoned’ by the UK Government

A young British woman stuck in Peru has said she feels ‘abandoned’ by the UK Government. Mereida Fajardo, 20, is on her gap year and has spent six months travelling the South American country with a friend. She and Gemma Harris, 19, are among up to 400 British travellers stuck there after the Peruvian government … Read more