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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]
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] Blog: Lake Titicaca - A little to touristy
Date: August 10th 2008
This had to be the most touristy place we visited durring our trip. We stayed in Puno and took a one day tour of the lake which included an hour long visit of the floating islands and a couple of hours on Taquile island, with a lot of sailing in between. The tour of the floating islands included a demonstration, with scale models, of how they build the islands, this was actually pretty interest ... read more
Date: August 10th 2008
This had to be the most touristy place we visited durring our trip. We stayed in Puno and took a one day tour of the lake which included an hour long visit of the floating islands and a couple of hours on Taquile island, with a lot of sailing in between. The tour of the floating islands included a demonstration, with scale models, of how they build the islands, this was actually pretty interest ... read more
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