Cusco at Sunrise

A: Mi y Jando arrive in Cusco

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June 9th 2006
Hello all! First and foremost my day long travles to my final destination of Cusco, Peru were safe and relatively uneventful. My first "friend" was met on the plane from Lima to Cusco, and of course we hit it off because he was wearing a sling and chest wrap for his shoulder- dead giveaway for a dislocation. He lives in a small town called Urubamba, about half way up the Sacred valley, for whic ... 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