Word: altiplano
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...from one of the nation's top penitentiaries. Miguel Angel Félix Gallardo, arrested in 1989 and convicted of being the most powerful Mexican narcotics trafficker of his time, has written 36 pages that mix memories, ideas and reactions to current events from his cell in Mexico's Altiplano prison. After being passed from Félix Gallardo's son into the hands of investigative journalist Diego Osorno, chunks of the text were published this month in the magazine Gatopardo under the headline, "Diaries of the Boss of Bosses...
Totally transparent. This page, from top: Piaget Altiplano Skeleton, $37,650 piaget.com) IWC Portuguese F.A. Jones Squelette, $58,000 iwc.com) Vacheron Constantin Malte Tonneau, $206,000 vacheron-constantin.com...
...other train ride from Cuzco departs from Wanchac station and is memorable more for the railway experience itself. The diesel train sways as it chugs bravely for more than 10 hours through the thin air of the altiplano that links Cuzco with Puno near the Bolivian border. You can see herds of huddled alpacas and women in layers of skirts and bright shawls as the train ambles by. Halfway along the 239-mile Cuzco-to-Puno trip, it crosses the highest point of any standard-gauge passenger train service in the world at La Raya, 14,172 ft. above...