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Day 7: Chivay

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May 5th 2011
Today we drove for about 5 hours on a shuttle bus to a little town called Chivay. We stopped at a lookout which was the highest altitude we'd been at so far (4900m). It was really beautiful. We stopped for lunch at a little pizza and sandwich restaurant and Rach tried Alpaca pizza. Our hotel in Chivay was a gorgeous place called Mama Yacchi. Some of the group went for a walk up one of the moun ... read more

South America » Peru

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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