P1010180

Taxi, tuk tuk, train!

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April 13th 2011
Finally it was time to set off to meet up with my group again and I was packed off into a taxi to take the ride from Cusco to the place the trains leave for Machu Pichu. After a slight hitch, finding the usual road was shut for repairs, entailing a long winding down the hillside and back up the hillside via a different route detour, we got on our way. I was then clock watching the whole way hoping ... 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