MP at last!

Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, Peru

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November 25th 2009
Mike and I were finally on our trip to Peru October 30, 2009 - after 10 months of planning and lots of reseasrch, it was happening! Our first leg of the trip after arriving in Lima took us to the city of Cusco in the central Andes mountain region, where we hailed a taxi and headed for a village about an hour away on the western edge of the Sacred Valley. Ollantaytambo is a typical town with cobble ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Sacred Valley

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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