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The Incas stole Irn Bru!

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October 13th 2010
Hola amigos! We celebrated David's 28th in Cusco, Peru and Machu Picchu was at the forefront of our minds. Cusco is a very pretty city, full of Spanish colonial churches, with many ruins of Incan settlements surrounding it and a Christ overlooking the city from one of the mountains. We sampled Peruvian food like alpaca but drew the line at guinea pig - that would just be too disrespectful to Ro ... 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