Spending Xmas with my friends :)

Cusco

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December 25th 2007
So it’s finally time to update you on my big trip around the south of Peru. First stop: Cusco - the oldest continuously-inhabited city of the Americas and the capital of the Inca Empire! After a 22 hour bus ride (yes, you read right, 22!!) Jore and I arrived to Cusco in the late afternoon of March 24th. There we met up with Dries and Kristine and we all had a lovely Christmas Eve dinner alo ... 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