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Monastery and mountain

Arequipa - Sighting the lesser spotted boobie...

June 5th 2010
sabado, 5 de junio Arequipa, would love to give you all the spiel but we're so far behind the diary that we no longer have any of the guides. Arequipa, much like Sucre in Bolivia, is known as the White City. Not because the buildings are made from volcanic rock but in fact because the inhabitants have a fairer shade of skin to the rest of Peru (and the inherent superiority complex that ... read more
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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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