but had to stand up for photographs

Touristy Cusco

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October 9th 2011
A month ago, in the early hours, our bus crawled in to Cusco. This was very pleasing as it was where we wanted to go. The bus was amazing and certainly the poshest we had been on. At the bus station in Arequipa there was a departure lounge after checking in and a sophisticated system for getting baggage on board. In fact your correspondent was reminded of an airport, although there were no planes ... 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