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Its a jungle out there

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July 16th 2006
So much for piranah - we only saw a dried out one, used to scare the tourist!!! Actually the amazon was quite beautiful, reminded me alot of the Australian rain forest except that there are tarantula!! and other crazy stuff - the trees seemed to be the same. It was quite amusing for us Australians, watching all the pommes and Americans, spraying themselves every 5 minutes, cloths and all with ... read more

South America » Peru » Madre de Dios » Puerto Maldonado

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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