The cathedral

A city!

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March 13th 2007
Our first day in Cuzco saw us realise we were in another world. A world of tourism and westernisation, a very different one to Bolivia and even Brazil. Our time in Cuzco was relatively short in that we were leaving for the jungle and then had the Sacred Valley and Macchu Picchu to look forward to so we had to jam a lot into a small time frame. We began the day with a walk around the San Blas a ... 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