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Survived the river crossing? OK, now.....  
   

Survived the river crossing? OK, now.....

........cross this landslide (still partially in progress so watch out for falling boulders) halfway up a mountain (we were asked to cross this one in the dark, too, but refused on the grounds that WE'RE NOT FUCKING STUPID)
Peru

April 30th 2010
Puno Took a bus from the border around lake T to Puno. First impressions: extremely annoying touts. We arrived at about 9.30pm and were greeted off the bus by 2 jabbering touts. As we hadn't booked a hotel we had to gather for a minute to make a plan. We were still with Tori & Paul so we looked most conspicuous in a group of four & so ended up fighting 5 or 6 of the persistent buggers off, ... read more
South America » Peru

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
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