Arequipa and Barney

Arequipa-Colca Canyon

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November 15th 2006
From Nazca we took a night bus (a hellacious seven hours) to Arequipa…despite paying the big bucks for a ‘nice bus’, we were all the way in the back, next to the bathroom on one of the many winding roads here in Peru. We arrived to Arequipa at 7:00am and went straight to a hostel and I fell asleep for a good 2 hours. So far, in the past four days, we clocked in 34 hours of bus time. After ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon

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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