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More of Cusco

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June 24th 2006
When last I wrote we were in cusco for the day. It was freezing and I wasn´t in a great mood. On the way back on the crowded bus along the hairpin turns in the rain, we stopped to pick up person after person till the bus was about to roll completely off the steep edges. Then we stopped to pick up some farm workers one of whom had a pick and the other an axe. They were standing in the aisle righ ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Sacred Valley

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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