Before sunrise

Seeing everything in silhouette while waiting for the sunrise gave the whole morning a dreamlike quality.

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July 13th 2008
We were awakened prematurely in the morning by knocks on our door from the hostal owner, shouting, "Desayuno! " (breakfast). I say "premature" because she was supposed to have come at our agreed-upon time, which was an hour later. Maybe in our exhaustion the previous night we had somehow misunderstood her. In any case, even if she hadn't been early, the local rooster would have taken over ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

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

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