Day 34 – Sacred Valley Ruins and Pisac, Peru 14,000' peak above Pisac ruins

Day 34 – Sacred Valley Ruins and Pisac, Peru

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January 8th 2013
We honestly do not know how to write this day’s blog, or even what to say, but it was not about the day in as much as it was about learning about an amazing culture that existed many years ago. We studied about the Mexican, Central and South American Indians in school, but Steve slept through most of high school…. The Incas are a fascinating and incredibly talented culture, who had engineering ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Sacred Valley

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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