our second roadblock

Cusco - the "Naval of the World"

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October 31st 2008
Hey all, we took a few days off there in Cusco to unwind and relax, so spent most of it doing nothing much at all!! We dandered around the streets from bakery to coffee shop. Cusco was founded by the Incas and a lot of their old walls are still standing around the city, acting as foundations for the Spanish colonial buildings which followed. We went out wednesday on a bit of a pub crawl coveri ... read more

South America » Peru » Puno » Puno

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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