Reed Houses on Isla Flotantes

Cusco and the Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca

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July 12th 2006
We flew straight from Lima into Cusco to avoid a majorly lengthy coach journey and arrived at possibly the busiest time of the year. This was the height of the tourist season but also the middle of a week long Festival of the Sun, which saw all the local villages turn out each day with hundreds of colourfully dressed groups dancing, twirling and banging drums and feet as they paraded through the ... read more

South America » Peru

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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