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Nasca desert  
   

Nasca desert

with signs of El Nino floods
Perusing in Peru

November 21st 2009
Hearing reports of scorching heat back home in Sydney had reminded us that the southern hemisphere Summer was almost underway, and here we were at the equator.. we needed to catch up some time if we wanted to make it down through Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina before Summer were over. So southern Ecuador and northern Peru were put on the chopping block. From Quilotoa we caught bus after bus af ... read more
South America » Peru

Peruvian Flag 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
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