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Peru: Making beer, cracking nuts

I don’t even drink beer, but I participated in a beer making session — well, a truncated version — while on a return visit to Peru earlier in 2025. The beer was, in fact, the country’s famed chicha de jora, or corn beer. The drink itself is nutritious, my group’s

2025-07-16T21:14:37-04:00July 14th, 2025|My Travel Corner, Uncategorized|

Anywhere: Of festivals and war zones

It was my first trip to Asia and my first day in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital. After hotel check-in, I made a beeline to the traditional market area. I walked among temples, big sculptures, numerous ceremonial sites — and an awfully lot of people. The crowds kept growing with folks gathering

2023-09-27T12:56:13-04:00September 27th, 2023|My Travel Corner, Uncategorized|
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