Tag: Peru

Red-masked parakeets have a small native range in southern Ecuador and northern Peru. However, they’ve been distributed around the world as pets, resulting in feral populations in places like California, Hawaii, and Spain. There’s a stable population here in Lima — descendants o...

From Juliaca, we caught a one-hour van ride to Puno, the largest city bordering Lake Titicaca. Altitude sickness quickly struck us both: headaches, breathlessness, nausea, and migraines. Before arriving, I didn’t grasp how high up we would be and how intensely it would affect our bodies. Pu...