Canyon del Colca

To Peru

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May 4th 2007
Lima We arrived in Lima, Peru on the 9th of April. We stayed in Miraflores (near the coast) for a few days and checked out some of the museums in town. The places we visited included a couple of churches that date back to the 16th Century, one that had tens of thousands of people buried underneath in Catacombs. The bodies have been excavated over the last two centuries and the bones have been ... read more

South America » Peru » Lima

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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