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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: Inca Trail and Macchu Picchu
Date: November 10th 2008
Sorry for the 2m delay but here they are finally!! Got to Puno and managed to negotiate both leaving Bolivia and entering Peru ok (only 1 armed man shouting at me to come back-all for no reason in the end but made everyone stare!). Had a few hours to kill in the bus station so went on a tour to the floating reed Uros islands which were actually pretty cool, everything is made out of reeds and f ... read more
Date: November 10th 2008
Sorry for the 2m delay but here they are finally!! Got to Puno and managed to negotiate both leaving Bolivia and entering Peru ok (only 1 armed man shouting at me to come back-all for no reason in the end but made everyone stare!). Had a few hours to kill in the bus station so went on a tour to the floating reed Uros islands which were actually pretty cool, everything is made out of reeds and f ... read more
