alpacas!

day 10 !

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June 25th 2006
ahh!! its our last day in manu! so today consists of taking the boat upstream some more and then taking the bus back out of the manu park on the long arduous road back to cuzco... i think today was something like 12 hours of travel time or more... but the scenery was pretty nice.. we ascended out of the jungle into the cloud forest, then back down again into the andean highlands where we passed th ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Manu National Park

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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