Peru Photo 1

Peru

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September 28th 2010
After 5 superb weeks in America which included an amazing eight nights in Vegas, Doug and I left America and flew to Peru on an empty plane via Panama to Lima. We landed in Lima about one o clock in the morning of my birthday and checked into our hostel. The barmaid noticed it was my birthday and gave me a free beer, a lovely gesture normally, not for me, I hate beer so I gave it to Doug. Suprisin ... 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