Nicholas Asheshov is former Fleet Street journalist and writer who has spent much of his career in South America, mostly in Peru.
Since 1995 he has lived in an old adobe railway station in a riverside wood at 9,600 ft above sea level, halfway between Cuzco and Machu Picchu beneath the glaciers and snowpeaks of the Cordillera Urubamba.
Nick is a shareholder and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Andean Railways Corp., which after a long legal battle broke the monopoly, run latterly by a London-based luxury hotel chain, on rail transport to what the Huffington Post has named the “Ultimate Place to Visit Before You Die.”
This site collects some of Nick’s Country Notes published in Caretas, Lima in Spanish as well as other columns written in recent years. Here they all appear in their original English. Click on the headings below, or explore the Menu above.
Nicholas Asheshov 
I love the new home page!
Hi I would ike tomget hold of willioam lowther who you quoted on your piece about Fawcett, do you have an email I can sent an enquiry to.
simon
simond@worldmediarights.com
it has been nice to meet you again over these pages Nick.
Always a pleasure to read your smooth style and rich content.
Regards
Love your blog Nick!
Great picture Nick. But do you have a ticket for that train?
Nick, What’s that striped thing on the front of the train? A llama-catcher?
Dear Nick,
Lovely site.
Richard and I so enjoyed meeting you and Maria Carmen plus the jolly good vino and delicious little tamale things. We are home now with our heads full of amazing memories.
Love and best wishes,
Allegra
Nick:
Great to see you have a new web site…. Save me a front seat for our next run together down the line.
Buen dìa, por favor podrian enviarnos sus telefono o emails de contacto tengo una cotizacion para 2 clientes.
Nick!! Good to see you are doing good…. hope to you see you sometime in Urubamba.
Send email if you get this as Valeria also wants to reconnect with you.
Best,
Claudia xBooth
Querido Nick.
Acabo de enterarme de la ida de Igor.
Nos ha dado muchísima pena, recordando su alegría en los paseos a Bujama y Huarochiri, y su paciencia con nuestras hijas.
Una de ellas la mayor, Elke se casa el próximo 2 de agosto y estará por el Cusco y alrededores del 4 al 12 de ese mes (le voy a pedir que se acerque a saludarte).
Por mi parte tengo un par de clientes en Cusco (la Caja Municipal y Credinka), por lo que voy un par de veces al año, pero estoy solo en la ciudad por un día.
Muchos cariños y un fuerte abrazo, esperando vernos pronto para conversar y recordar buenos momentos.
Luzma y Wolfi Pedal
Querido Nick,
soy SIsi, la hija mayor de tu amigo Pedro Tichauer y estaré desde el Sabado 11 de Julio 2015 hasta el Jueves 16 visitando (por primera vez) tu región con mi amiga Pilar.
Para mi, Jacqueline, Pedro Jr., Walter, Ruth Helena, etc.. eres una parte de la leyenda familiar y me gustaría poder visitarte en Urubamba para seguro después seguir a Machu Pichu….???
Estaras allí? podemos reservar para una o 2 noches?
Miles de saludos y un abrazo,
sisi
Dear Sir,
Had your article on the world economy from Aug 31 not been so over-run with clichés and metaphors it would have been much easier to read and understand. Just a thought.
Best regards,
Nola
Another excellent article. Unfortunately, the government entities in charge of the economy believe doing things in the typical Peruvian fashion as they repair the roads — in patches. Tough times lie ahead and the sooner Peru wakes up to this reality, the better. I wish I was as optimistic as you appear to be that the next government will be any better. During the good years of high metals prices, Peru should have been investing in it’s human capital — such as quality public school education through high school.
Hello Nicholas
Peter Kennedy mention you when knowing I was heading to Cuzco comming week.
Francisco
Santigo-Chile
Greetings Nick from an expat American in Lima who has never been to Macchu Picchu. Thanks for the interesting background on these tourism projects. So who actually owns the CUZCO- Macchu Picchu railway now?
We were given an introduction to Nick by Hugh Thomson and stayed a couple of nights. A Marvellous experience in a magical place. Thank you