Islas Ballestas

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March 28th 2007
Pisco, located in central Peru, is a town of 71,000 inhabitants located on the Bahia de Paracas, a giant bay that opens North and is protected to the west by a huge peninsula that forms the major part of a large desert reserve called the Reserva Nacional Paracas. This giant reserve is home to sea lions, flamingos and a reputed formation (the "Candelabra") of the Nazca people who inhabited southe ... read more

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more

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