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This undated photo released by Crooked Trails shows tourists ...

(AP) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:34:00 GMT

(AP) - This undated photo released by Crooked Trails shows tourists dancing with locals in Vicos, Peru during a celebration dinner called a Pacha Manca. (AP Photo/Crooked Trails)

This undated photo released by Crooked Trails shows tourists ...

(AP) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:33:19 GMT

(AP) - This undated photo released by Crooked Trails shows tourists dancing with locals in Vicos, Peru during a celebration dinner called a Pacha Manca. (AP Photo/Crooked Trails)

This June 2008 photo released by Jorge Riveros shows an unidentified ...

(AP) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:32:24 GMT

(AP) - This June 2008 photo released by Jorge Riveros shows an unidentified villager from Vicos, Pery, right, displaying some fresh oca, a Peruvian tuber, to tourists in Peru's western highlands. (AP Photo/Jorge Riveros)

Porters walk along a path during an Inca trail expedition in ...

(AP) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:10:44 GMT

(AP) - Porters walk along a path during an Inca trail expedition in Cuzco, Peru, Friday, April 11, 2008. Porters on this famed Andean adventure trek to the jungle shrouded ruins of Machu Picchu channel the fleet-footed chasqui Inca messengers who darted through the vast road network of South America's most powerful empire. (AP Photo/Andrew Whalem)

Porters walk along a path during an Inca trail expedition in ...

(AP) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:10:39 GMT

Tourists eat at the restaurant of the PeruRail train that links ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:08:01 GMT

(AP) - Tourists eat at the restaurant of the PeruRail train that links Cuzco and the famous ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Peru's tourism industry is booming. Visits to Machu Picchu, Peru's top tourist destination, have more than doubled in the last decade to 800,000 people, along with the price of getting there. Cuzco now has a half dozen four- and five-star hotels. That compares with two in the early 1990's, when the city was a haven for daring travelers defying U.S. State Department warnings against the bloody Shining Path insurgency. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Tourists eat at the restaurant of the PeruRail train that links ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:07:50 GMT

A tourist looks out from a PeruRail train window that links ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:07:29 GMT

(AP) - A tourist looks out from a PeruRail train window that links Cuzco and the famous ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Peru's tourism industry is booming. Visits to Machu Picchu, Peru's top tourist destination, have more than doubled in the last decade to 800,000 people, along with the price of getting there. Cuzco now has a half dozen four- and five-star hotels. That compares with two in the early 1990's, when the city was a haven for daring travelers defying U.S. State Department warnings against the bloody Shining Path insurgency. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

A band play for tourists at a luxury coach of the PeruRail train ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:07:19 GMT

(AP) - A band play for tourists at a luxury coach of the PeruRail train that links Cuzco and the famous ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Peru's tourism industry is booming. Visits to Machu Picchu, Peru's top tourist destination, have more than doubled in the last decade to 800,000 people, along with the price of getting there. Cuzco now has a half dozen four- and five-star hotels. That compares with two in the early 1990's, when the city was a haven for daring travelers defying U.S. State Department warnings against the bloody Shining Path insurgency. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Tourists eat at the main restaurant of the Macchu Picchu hotel, ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:06:57 GMT

(AP) - Tourists eat at the main restaurant of the Macchu Picchu hotel, Peru, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Peru's tourism industry is booming. Visits to Machu Picchu, Peru's top tourist destination, have more than doubled in the last decade to 800,000 people, along with the price of getting there. Cuzco now has a half dozen four- and five-star hotels. That compares with two in the early 1990's, when the city was a haven for daring travelers defying U.S. State Department warnings against the bloody Shining Path insurgency. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

The Macchu Picchu hotel is seen in this November 7, 2007 file ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:06:36 GMT

(AP) - The Macchu Picchu hotel is seen in this November 7, 2007 file photo. Peru's tourism industry is booming. Visits to Machu Picchu, Peru's top tourist destination, have more than doubled in the last decade to 800,000 people, along with the price of getting there. Cuzco now has a half dozen four- and five-star hotels. That compares with two in the early 1990's, when the city was a haven for daring travelers defying U.S. State Department warnings against the bloody Shining Path insurgency. (AP Photo/Ines Menacho, File)

People tour the ruins of Machu Picchu near Cuzco, Peru, Wednesday, ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:05:53 GMT

(AP) - People tour the ruins of Machu Picchu near Cuzco, Peru, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Peru's tourism industry is booming. Visits to Machu Picchu, Peru's top tourist destination, have more than doubled in the last decade to 800,000 people, along with the price of getting there. Cuzco now has a half dozen four- and five-star hotels. That compares with two in the early 1990's, when the city was a haven for daring travelers defying U.S. State Department warnings against the bloody Shining Path insurgency. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

People tour the ruins of Machu Picchu near Cuzco, Peru, Wednesday, ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:05:46 GMT

People tour the ruins of Machu Picchu near Cuzco, Peru, Wednesday, ...

(AP) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:05:44 GMT

The ruins of Peru's famed Machu Picchu are seen in this July, ...

(AP) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:55:52 GMT

(AP) - The ruins of Peru's famed Machu Picchu are seen in this July, 2006, file photo. Machu Picchu is among the leading contenders to be the new seven wonders of the world as a massive poll enters its final month with votes already cast by more than 50 million people, organizers say. The seven winners will be announced July 7, 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Javier Wong prepares a dish at his restaurant known as Chez ...

(AP) — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:05:07 GMT

(AP) - Javier Wong prepares a dish at his restaurant known as Chez Wong in Lima, Peru, Aug. 18, 2006. Wong prepares a ceviche so striking it is bound to make even the crankiest traveler forget his jet lag or the rows of soot-encrusted buildings around the corner. Known as Chez Wong by locals, the restaurant is in his three-story home, so don't bother to look for a sign outside. Just keep your cool and say the chef's name when the door is cracked open and you get a suspicious look. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

A Javier Wong's cebiche after he served at his Sankuay restaurant ...

(AP) — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:04:47 GMT

(AP) - A Javier Wong's cebiche after he served at his Sankuay restaurant in Lima, Peru on Friday, Aug. 18, 2006. Wong prepares a ceviche so striking it is bound to make even the crankiest traveler forget his jet lag or the rows of soot-encrusted buildings around the corner. Known as Chez Wong by locals, the restaurant is in his three-story home, so don't bother to look for a sign outside.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Foreign tourist read information posters of the Caral ruins ...

(AP) — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:42:31 GMT

(AP) - Foreign tourist read information posters of the Caral ruins on Aug. 19, 2006. Ruth Shady, a Peruvian archaeologist from San Marcos University, discovered Caral in 1994, and was stunned by its size and complexity. 'Caral combined size with construction volume, but also it was a planned city,' she says. Shady and her team continue working at Caral but she also dedicates her time to promoting the project with Peru's National Culture Institute as a tourist and educational destination. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)

A guide, left, talks with a group of tourist in Caral ruins ...

(AP) — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:42:29 GMT

(AP) - A guide, left, talks with a group of tourist in Caral ruins on Aug. 18. 2006. Ruth Shady, a Peruvian archaeologist from San Marcos University, discovered Caral in 1994, and was stunned by its size and complexity. 'Caral combined size with construction volume, but also it was a planned city,' she says. Shady and her team continue working at Caral but she also dedicates her time to promoting the project with Peru's National Culture Institute as a tourist and educational destination. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)

In this photo provided by Caral Project, appears a panoramic ...

(AP) — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:42:03 GMT

(AP) - In this photo provided by Caral Project, appears a panoramic view of Caral ruins on Sept. 2006. Ruth Shady, a Peruvian archaeologist from San Marcos University, discovered Caral in 1994, and was stunned by its size and complexity. 'Caral combined size with construction volume, but also it was a planned city,' she says. Shady and her team continue working at Caral but she also dedicates her time to promoting the project with Peru's National Culture Institute as a tourist and educational destination. (AP Photo/Caral Project,HO) NO SALES

Peruvian chef Rafael Osterling cook at his restaurant Rafael ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:42:11 GMT

(AP) - Peruvian chef Rafael Osterling cook at his restaurant Rafael in Lima, Peru on Friday, Aug. 18, 2006. Any trip to Rafael should include the crunchy shrimp tempura appetizer in a sweet and spicy sauce over a salad of cucumber, mango, avocado and Cajun-spiced nuts.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)