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Blog: Tiwanaku: Precursor to the Inca Empire
Date: February 21st 2008

Finding ourselves with a layover day in La Paz, we decided to take a short little day trip to a nearby archeological site called Tiwanaku (or Tiahuanaco). We boarded a little bus with a bunch of other tourists from all over the globe and rode about an hour and a half to the site, which is near the south eastern shore of Lake Titicaca. Our guide took us into the small museum and around the site e ... read more




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