Tierra Unica is a destination blogsite focusing on world travel, entertainment, cuisine, news, popular culture, sports, business, technology, humor, and events from around the world with an emphasis on the USA and South America (Peru, Argentina, Brazil, etc).
Lima beauty Vanessa Tello, a 20 year old professional bikini & TV commercial model, was selected Miss Reef Peru 2010 at LarcoMar's complex Club Aura in Miraflores, Peru this past Feb, 2010. She will represent Peru at the Miss Reef International in Panama in April.
The world's elite surfers from around the globe arrive at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru this past July for the XXL big wave world championship - Billabong Pico Alto Invitational International 2009! A short interview with the current 2009 Maverick big wave champion Greg Long. Along with Jaw in Hawaii, Maverick in California, and Dungeons Cap Town in South Africa; Pico Alto in Peru is among the best big wave surfing sites on Earth!!!
A poster of the Billabong Pico Alto Invitational from 2004.
Here is famed American big wave surfing legend Gary Linden giving an interview in Spanish regarding the Big Wave World Championships at Pico Alto, Peru this past July, 2009 - The Billabong Pico Alto International Invitational 2009.
Today is the 188th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Peru from Spain! But it has over 10,000 years of scientifically verified history. The domestication of the potato in Peru has
been verified by European and American scientists to be 8,000 years
before Christ! From Alaska, USA to Tierra de Fuego, Argentina, Peru is the oldest civilization in all the Americas. In northern Peru, Caral has been verified by European scientists to be over 2,000 years older than the oldest Mayan civilization in Guatemala and Southern Mexico.
In Latin America, Peru has no rival when it comes its archaeological, biological, historical, religious (Catholicism) and culture influence (especially in South America). When it comes to its historical alliance to Spain, theViceroyalty of Peru or Viceroyalty of New Castile (el Virreinato del Peru o el Virreinato de Nuevo Castilla) was the largest, richest, and most powerful viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire from the 15th, 16th, and 17th century. Lima, Peru was capital of practically all of South America, including Brazil! In world significance, Peru's ancient civilizations are as old as Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), Egypt, China, and India.
On a global scale, Peru is by far the most biologically diverse country in the world with the most animals, fishes, incests, birds, and plant species in the Peruvian Amazon (lowland & highland jungles), tropical Andes, Andean glaciers, and coastal deserts.
Here, in high-definition (HD), is the national anthem of Peru with spectacular scenery of present day Peru. The anthem is not well known like the U.S., French, or English one; but if you hear it to its entirety you will come to the conclusion that it has to be among the most beautiful anthems.
Listen to the instrumental version in the 1st-half and then listen in the 2nd-half to the vocal version by Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez, argumentatively the best tenor in the world today and heir to Spanish great Placido Domingo.
Happy Birthday Peru! - ¡Feliz cumpleaños Perú!
Peruvian Anthem in HD cinemascope 2.35:1 ratio - Stereo Sound. New comprehensive English translation subtitles. See spectacular scenery of Machu-Picchu, the
Peruvian coast, Lima and other inland places. Peru - a large Latin American
republic in the mid-west of South America on the equator and south of the equator.
Map of Peru during most of the colonial era - Virreinato/Virreynato del Perú
Viceroyalty of Peru - The "Peruvian Empire" so to speak. Quote - "If Spain is the motherland of Latin America, Peru is the motherland of South American." Originally stated by King Juan Carlos of Spain in 2007 and later used by current President of Peru, Dr. Alan Garcia in 2008.
Present day Peru, Central and South America. Juan Diego Florez and his wife, fashion model Julia Trappe.
Oleg Kaponik’s virtual tour of Rio de Janeiro lets you explore Brazil’s Marvelous City from any number of elevated vantage points.
The (minimal) text is in Russian — but the page is easy to navigate: Use your arrow keys to get around, and the SHIFT and CONTROL keys to zoom in or out of the picture.Once you get the hang of it, you can drop in on Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, or catch a glimpse of the Christ the Redeemer statue as it peeks out through the cloudsover Corcovado Mountain. Now, if we could get these Russians to invade our air space . . .
Here is a very sexy "Chicas De La Semana" photo session for the 2009 Axe International Summer Point Beach Volley Tournament with La modelos Peruanas de bikini Tilsa and Andrea in the beach towns of Costa Verde & Asia - Peru, South America.
Tilsa y Andrea en sesion de fotos para anunciar el campeonato de
voley playa Axe Summer Point en Asia (Palabritas 31-01-09) y la Costa
Verde, Peru (Agua Dulce 04-02-09) Agradecimiento a Frecuencia Latina... Axe Summer... ¡disfruta 50 veranos en uno!