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June 7th 2008
I gasped for breath. The dance was a chaotic swirling of colors: blues and reds, oranges and browns. We moved to the sound of Andean flutes, in a small house, on a tiny little island, on Puno Lake, under the star-filled Andean sky. I slept very well that night. ..... They lived on a lake atop islands made of totoro weed, in houses made totoro weed, even ate totoro as a snack. I ha ... read more

South America » Peru

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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