Pipa town beach

Tchau Brasil!

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September 15th 2009
Just arrived in Peru so we´re swapping the Atlantic Coast for the Pacific Coast, the shorts for sweatshirts, the Havaianas for the hiking boots, and limited Portuguese for limited Spanish. It was a long flight from Recife to Lima (via Sao Paulo) but we had our first glimpse of the Andes and the ´inland ocean' Lake Titicaca which was a nice preview of the weeks to come. Anyway I need to fill you ... 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