Barranco, Peru

Barranco, Perú

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June 12th 2008
Central Lima is pretty dead after sundown and our hostel was like a ghost town, so we decided to move out to Barranco, a suburb of Lima on the coast. A beautiful little town, however, we went from one extreme to the other. We stayed in what can only be compared to a frat house, with the lack of sanitation, lack of women and the gratuitous drunk dude passed out on the couch. Oh well. We spent t ... read more

South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Barranco

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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