floating reed islands

The lengths people will go to...

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August 8th 2006
This may be our final blog from Peru as we head off tomorow morning for Bolivia. First, I must apologize for the Machu Picchu blog. Im sure all you world travelled spelling savants noticed that I misspelled Machu Picchu (as Machu Pichu - egad what I disaster) throughout the entire blog. When I realized it after an hour I was MUCH too lazy to fix it. I hope I have offended no one with this and ... read more

South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca

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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