Lazy, lazy David

The Sacred Valley, Lares Trek and Macchu Pichu

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July 20th 2007
The Budget cattle were prodded onto a bus once more and whisked away to the sacred valley of the Incas. We started with the Urubamba vallley where we blocked out our guide Julio´s drone, to take photos of the amazing panorama of Cusco, once the foremost city of the Incas. Built in the shape of a puma, this charming city, 3326m above sea-level, was colonised by the Spanish, who mistook ´Cusco´(m ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Lares Trek

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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