Editors' Note: THIRD YEAR, NEW DESIGN
		Dear Readers, We are happy to present you our brand new third year issue. Some changes have been made to our newsletter not only on the design but also on the content. Along with the usual main and second articles that bring the more important issues about Peru to you, we will explore through the year twelve archaeological marvels, starting with the Chullpas of Sillustani, gigantic tombs ashore the Titicaca Lake, and finishing with the splendorous citadel of Machu Picchu. We will also present a Peruvian art section, where the painting and pottery transform into different popular expressions representing a unique vision of the world. We are making these changes to get you closer to Peru and give you a different point of view of our culture and traditions. We know our efforts will succeed. Regards, José and Cynthia
		Main Article: THE CITY OF KINGS
		Forty odd years before when I was a small child, I used to play happily on the cobblestones of San Francisco square, the only one in those days that had flocks of pigeons fluttering around freely. A golden eternal universe, located in the shadow of that immense temple, San Francisco the Great, of the 16th century, and the small shrines of the Miracle and of the Virgin of Solitude. A square surrounded by mansions that, of course, for me were not part of any historical heritage, but the old houses of the quarter of my grandmother Julia who lived round the corner. My grandmother lived in Calle del Milagro. I remember the cooker with the wood stove, a stone mortar and above all the high skylight windows, the same as the other skylight windows of the neighborhood. Read the complete article...
		Second Article: PUNO, ISLAND PEOPLE
		Puno and Titicaca lake are among the most varied and evocative reasons to abandon routine and hurl oneself into living the experience of the Peruvian altiplano. Here, the protagonist is Titicaca and this immense lake can be approached in multiple forms. The islands of Lake Titicaca are in the foreground of the traveler's interest. Uros, Taquile, Suasi and Amantani is a trip that you should make, but with respect for the culture of their inhabitants. Read the complete article...
		Archaeologic: SILLUSTANI AND THE GREAT BEYOND
		Given its rugged geography -sleep hills with the characteristic vegetation of the andean plateau round Puno and with a lake that appears to be immobile in the center of which is a flat circular island, Sillustani is an ideal place for the soul to transcend the mortal flesh. In this quiet and moving landscape the imagination takes wing to become myth, religion or metaphysics. Or it may withdraw into the reigning silence of an area in which you may reach out to the unknown. There are few place better designed by nature to calm the troubled human mind. Sillustani appears to visitors as the perfect place to say that last goodbye. Read the complete article...
		Peruvian Art: ANDEAN IMAGERY
		Peruvian folk art ranks possibly amongst the most varied arts and crafts found on Earth. The diversity, color, creativity and multiple uses of Peruvian craftwork make it a fundamental activity not just to forge Peru's identity, but also ensure the survival of thousands of families, and even entire communities such as Sarhua and Quinua in Ayacucho. These small works of folk art that have sparked the admiration of all and are the legacy of centuries of imbued with pre-Hispanic forms and symbols, that blending with or surviving alongside other art forms brought over by the Spaniards. Read the complete article...