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March 31st 2012
The Loki Hostel was rather far from the bus terminal atop a huge hill overlooking the city. The hostal was gigantic, with a max capacity of 280 people. And they only had 4 beds free, fortunately two in the same room. Our room was by far the biggest we had stayed in and had 13 people in it. There was a bit of chaos with which beds were available so we set out to grab some food and check out the mai ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco

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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