Irrigation

Where the rivers flow out of the Andes irrigation is used to turn the desert into a green zone.


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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]
Blog: Arrival in Lima
Date: March 18th 2005

Arrival - Day Zero

Its strange to think that this is the first overseas trip that I am really doing by myself. Every other time that I have travelled outside of Australia, it has been with spouse and when the children were at home, them as well. In the middle of the night last night, I arrived at Lima airport, and about 90 minutes later was getting out of the airport bus at this ... read more







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