Bellastas Islands. Our first mountain carving

January 3rd 2008
Lima to Cusco We left Lima early on Christmas eve, heading to Pisco and the Bellastas Islands. Pisco suffered an huge earthquake in August, and the devastation was evident as we went through the 3 towns affected. The reconstruction was going ahead in leaps and bounds, with people wanting to get on with their lives. We has a boat ride to the Bellastas Islands, known as the poor m ... 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

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Michael Thomsen

Thommo54

Australian male, 55 yrs old, semi-experienced solo traveller. Places I've been: Most of Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Egypt, Jordan, Greece, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malayasia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Antarctica (Peninsular), Paraguay. The blog is primarily about 2 South American trips, one from December 07 to March 08, and the other from November 08 to March 09. Between the 2 trips I learnt a fair bit of Spanish and then studied for 5 weeks solid in Buenos Aires to enable me to travel as I do. A few of the entries are n... full info

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