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Archive for month: June, 2012

Love - Taken 28-June-2012 - Saigon, Vietnam

Photo Friday – Love – Saigon, Vietnam

June 29, 2012/0 Comments/in Love, Photo Friday, Vietnam /by Adam Pervez

Catching a newlywed couple in love during a photo shoot on my first day in Vietnam
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Maras Salt Ponds

Maras, Peru – Harvesting Salt For The Incan Empire And Modern-Day Peru

June 28, 2012/1 Comment/in Peru /by Adam Pervez

The beautiful salt ponds at Maras in the Sacred Valley of Peru – making salt the same way for hundreds of years
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Me With Moray

Moray – The Incan Agricultural Laboratory

June 27, 2012/3 Comments/in Peru /by Adam Pervez

The amazing site of Moray, with temperature differences of 15C/27F from top to bottom, serving as an agricultural laboratory for the Incas
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Red Dye

Visiting An Indigenous Peruvian Clothing Co-op That Uses Traditional Methods And Dyes

June 26, 2012/3 Comments/in Peru /by Adam Pervez

A cool experience visiting a Peruvian clothing co-op to see how indigenous clothing gets made and how the colors are derived naturally
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First Glimpses Of Machu Pichu

Machu Pichu

June 25, 2012/5 Comments/in Peru /by Adam Pervez

The amazing, beautiful, and breathtaking Machu Pichu
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The Town Of Ollantaytambo

Ollantaytambo – An Emperor’s Home And The Last Stop Before Machu Pichu

June 23, 2012/2 Comments/in Peru /by Adam Pervez

The ruins of Ollantaytambo, which include a head carved into a mountain, agricultural terraces, and a sun temple
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Happiness According To McDonalds - Taken 21-June-2012 - Singapore

Photo Friday – Happiness According To McDonalds – Singapore

June 22, 2012/4 Comments/in Photo Friday, Singapore /by Adam Pervez

Happiness is just a smoothie away…
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Traffic Police

Que Caro Es Ser Pobre – Public Spending

June 21, 2012/0 Comments/in How Expensive It Is To Be Poor, Peru /by Adam Pervez

Some examples of self-defeating public spending in the developing world involving transportation
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The Beautiful Valley

Pisaq – Fortress, Cemetery, Terraced Agriculture, And A Partridge In A Pear Tree

June 20, 2012/2 Comments/in Peru /by Adam Pervez

The impressive ruins of Pisaq, where a fortress stands high above an Incan agricultural achievement and next to Latin America’s biggest cemetery
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Children Wearing Traditional Clothing

A Walk Through The Pisaq Market

June 19, 2012/0 Comments/in Peru /by Adam Pervez

A walk through the colorful, sprawling Pisaq market at the entrance to The Sacred Valley and a May Day protest/celebration
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Puka Pukara

Puka Pukara – Cusco’s Beautiful Red Fortress At Twilight

June 18, 2012/0 Comments/in Peru /by Adam Pervez

Puka Pukara, an Incan military outpost and administrative center on the outskirts of Cusco along the Inca Trail
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Me At Tambomachay

Qenko And Tambomachay – Incan Maze and Incan Spa

June 16, 2012/1 Comment/in Peru /by Adam Pervez

Two impressive sites, Qenko and Tambomachay, in Cusco whose uses still aren’t completely known – a stone maze for sacrifice and mummification and a spa
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Walmart's Obesity Fighting Initiative Thumbnail

Photo Friday – Walmart: Helping You “Live Better” By Hiding The Junk In Your Trunk Without Exercise – Raleigh, NC, USA

June 15, 2012/0 Comments/in Photo Friday, USA /by Adam Pervez

Marketing ridiculousness taken to the extreme – brought to you by Walmart
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Claro

Que Caro Es Ser Pobre – How Many Cell Phones Do You Have?

June 14, 2012/0 Comments/in How Expensive It Is To Be Poor, Peru /by Adam Pervez

How poverty sometimes forces people in Peru to have two cell phones for two different operators
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Expert Masonry

Saqsaywaman – A Stone Fortress Overlooking Cusco

June 13, 2012/0 Comments/in Peru /by Adam Pervez

The incredible site of Saqsaywaman, a fortress used to proctect Cusco during the Inca times
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Expert Masonry

Qorikancha – The Inca’s Golden Temple/The Spanish Church Of Santo Domingo

June 12, 2012/1 Comment/in Peru /by Adam Pervez

The Inca’s most important temple, Qorikancha, which the Spanish destroyed to build a cathedral
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A Career Narrative I Wrote 13 Years Ago

June 11, 2012/1 Comment/in Adam, Purpose /by Adam Pervez

A rediscovered school assignment from 13 years ago – maybe a life of non-conformity was always the plan in my heart according to this career narrative!
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