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Cusco & Machu Picchu

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May 13th 2008
Like most bus trips in Peru, arriving into cities in the early hours of the morning is part & parcel. Usually I just go to the first hostel I see or with the people toting at the station....it doesn´t always work out though. On this occasion I ended up in a complete & utter s***hole....now it wasn´t expensive but you couldn´t pay me to sleep here. So after a few minutes I loaded up again in ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

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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