South America – Worthy Go https://worthygo.com Find what's worthy. Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:30:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://worthygo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-Worthy-Go-GLOBE-ONLY-FULL-SIZE-1-32x32.png South America – Worthy Go https://worthygo.com 32 32 Destination: Zaña, Peru — centuries-old Spanish ruins and a bizarre slave museum https://worthygo.com/destination-zana-peru-centuries-old-spanish-ruins-and-a-bizarre-slave-museum/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 13:16:45 +0000 http://worthygo.travel.blog/2017/07/25/destination-zana-peru-centuries-old-spanish-ruins-and-a-bizarre-slave-museum/ Set the time machine for March 2016 — yep, it’s been over a year since we meandered along the western coast of South America. This destination, however, remains one of the strangest we’ve come across in awhile. Today, it’s a ghost town with just a few small signs of life. Located about 50 kilometers from the Pacific […]

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]]> Destination: the Center for Extreme Art (Eduardo Moscoso Prohibito Centro Cultural Arte Extremo) — Cuenca, Ecuador https://worthygo.com/destination-the-center-for-extreme-art-eduardo-moscoso-prohibito-centro-cultural-arte-extremo/ Mon, 10 Oct 2016 13:00:48 +0000 https://worthygo.com/2016/10/destination-the-center-for-extreme-art-eduardo-moscoso-prohibito-centro-cultural-arte-extremo/ Combine a Trick Art Museum and H.R. Giger’s horrifically awesome world, and you might have something like the weirdest place in Ecuador. Might go without saying, but this one is NSFW and not for the squeamish. Hidden on the outskirts of Cuenca’s touristy center, the large-house-sized space is Eduardo Moscoso’s to decorate with decades of created […]

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]]> Destination: the bizarre catacombs of Enrique Torres Belon (Lampa, Peru) https://worthygo.com/destination-the-bizarre-catacombs-of-enrique-torres-belon-lampa-peru/ Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:00:44 +0000 https://worthygo.com/2016/10/destination-the-bizarre-catacombs-of-enrique-torres-belon-lampa-peru/ This daytrip from Lake Titicaca is about as offbeat as you can get. Despite being relatively close to the world-famous Lake Titicaca, Lampa, Peru is not where you’d expect to find a grand old colonial church or a freaky collection of skeletons. And yet, here they are. After making your way to the church, you’ll need […]

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]]> Where To Go Instead: 9 Famous Places and their Better Alternatives https://worthygo.com/where-to-go-instead-9-famous-places-and-their-better-alternatives/ Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:00:29 +0000 https://worthygo.com/2016/09/where-to-go-instead-9-famous-places-and-their-better-alternatives/ Some well-known places are genuinely wonderful. Some just have a good marketing team. Here are nine lesser-known places to check out and have a better time for less money or hassle. Go on, admit it — part of the reason you might travel to a place is to say you’ve been there. Y’know, to the famous landmark everyone’s […]

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]]> Destination: the Larco museum, the museum with the ancient Peruvian erotic pots (NSFW) – Lima, Peru https://worthygo.com/destination-the-larco-museum-the-museum-with-the-ancient-peruvian-erotic-pots-nsfw-lima-peru/ Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:00:08 +0000 https://worthygo.com/2016/09/destination-the-larco-museum-the-museum-with-the-ancient-peruvian-erotic-pots-nsfw/ Home to the country’s finest collection of Pre-Colombian pots — and some naughty / NSFW works that make it worth the trip. Named after Rafael Larco Hoyle (1901–1966), the collection houses 45,000 pieces in all in a former mansion. It’s easily one of the country’s finest collections, and allows you to look inside the storage rooms to see […]

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