the festival on Isla del Sol

From Potosi to Arequipa in one entry...brace yourselves

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June 19th 2008
(written by Holly) well, where to start? we havent been very good at this whole 'keeping the blog updated thing,' so i'll recap breifly to let you know where we've been... after Potosì we headed to Sucre, where we spent a lazy week 'learning Spanish' and making friends. in the 6 days we were there, i think we visited one museum (of warfare; the Israeli guy we went with, Kafir, got very sca ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa » Arequipa

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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