A vicuna grazing

My Ten Day Holiday

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May 23rd 2007
Something that you can choose to do at any time on my project if you are staying for a reasonable amount of time is take up to two weeks holiday from the rainforest, so last week myself and a friend from my project, Kayleigh, went traveling around Peru for 10 days. We arrived back from Tambopata on a Friday evening and the next day woke up bright and early to catch our flight to Cusco, the only p ... read more

South America » Peru

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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