LIMA (Reuters Life!) - Even by many of its own inhabitants, Lima is not known to be the most charming city in Peru, with its heavy smog and traffic, but just a stone's throw away is a surfer's ...

In the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas marks the start of summer. In Lima, Peru's frequently overcast capital that overlooks the frigid southern Pacific, that means blazing sunshine and warmer waters ...

These bulbous bundles of straw have kept fishermen afloat for millennia. Will the surf travel industry save them?

A surfer riding a wave in Peru.(Goyo Barragán / HAZla Por tu Ola campaign) On any given day from the cliffside esplanade of Lima, Peru, passersby can look out to find people dipping in and out of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peru is a year round destination, but the best time to visit would be in the shoulder seasons of April to May, and September to ...

As fish stocks dwindle, surf tourism may offer a lifeline to traditional caballitos de totora fishers, whose vessels are thought to be among the first ever used to ride waves Just before dawn, in a ...