Coropuna

Corapuna Drive By

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September 6th 2008
Our bus leaves at 4 p.m. Route takes us up by Coropuna, the massive volcano on the west side of the valley. It's at over 23,000 feet, and the bus labors up the sinuous onelane road toward the 15,000 foot pass. The mountain is backlit, and other worldly and white with snow beyond the barren plateau from which it rises. Edison says he can guide me and a group of other locos to the summit some ti ... 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