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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]
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] Blog: Peru
Date: February 19th 2012
Date: February 19th 2012
When life gives you Lima...
From the border with Ecuador, our bus took the long route to Piura, dropping people in several towns along the road. The largest was Mancora, a seaside resort town becoming increasingly popular with surfers. Our border crossing posse pretty much all departed the bus there, so it was back down to Áine and I again. We got in to Piura shortly after 19:00, ... read more
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