After about two weeks

Construction In Tumbes

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July 20th 2010
Most houses are pretty much a narrow long box occupying the entire site, never much of a front garden but sometimes a backyard for veggies and chooks. Richer areas are built with concrete and brick while the poorest areas are built with pretty much anything at hand, bamboo chinked with mud being the traditional style. There is a definite unfinished and randomness to peruvian architechure as it ... read more

South America » Peru » Tumbes » Tumbes

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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