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Peru y La Ciudad perdida de los Incas

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May 30th 2009
Peru and the lost city of the Incas.... That is where we have been spending our last two weeks! We arrived in the beautiful city of Cusco, altitude 3,300 m, finding that every action we made took 5 times as much effort. Even getting out of bed and brushing our teeth made us out of breath initially... but thankfully neither of us suffered from altitude sickness. Just the familiar travellers diar ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco

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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