James M. Wise

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Our three years of blogging up to this 2019, and what is coming up on 2020

After three full years of continuing our blog about South America. We dedicate our passion to this continent, more so

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Update on Termas Papallacta-Ecuador

It has been 6 years since our last visit to Termas de Papallacta. Back then we were working on our

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The Milodón- the Giant Sloths in South America

Milodón is the Spanish word for an unusual extinct animal by today’s standards- the giant sloth. Giant sloths were once

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September’s book review “The White Rock” by Hugh Thomson

The White Rock by Hugh Thomson came highly recommended by a colleague of ours, and the exploration theme of Inca

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August’s book review- “Life and Death in the Andes- on the trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries” by Kim MacQuarrie

Life and Death in the Andes is MacQuarrie’s fifth cultural-travel expose, following his well-regarded “Last Days of the Incas.” I

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Digital books from South America to the World

This is the first time we are presenting all our digital books in one single post. We are passionate about

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On the preservation and nature of paleo-surfaces and their associated deposits along the Pacific Flank of the Peruvian Andes

The westward-tilted erosion surfaces along the Pacific slope have a significantly greater amount of preserved volcanic deposits to the south

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