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Cusco and Machu Picchu

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May 22nd 2009
Sorry it has taken so long to get our blog up. I received an email last Sunday as we were leaving for Cusco from Lima saying there was going to be a worker´s strike and our train tickets to Machu Picchu for Tuesday and Wednesday were cancelled. So we went into panic mode. So arriving at the hotel in Cusco about 6pm we talked with our taxi and decided to get up at 2:30 the next morning and d ... read more

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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