Christmas high in the Andes

Cusco and el camino inca

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December 29th 2009
It seems that most of the buses here run overnight - I had wanted to do the trip to Cusco in the daytime so I could see the mountains, but was told it was overnight or chickens.. That left me with a spare day in Arequipa, so I asked the hostel what to do; they suggested white water rafting, but I spotted cookery lessons so tried that instead. We walked back down to the market, and this time I spot ... read more

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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