Me in an Inca Doorway

Inca Weekend

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August 7th 2005
On Friday night I met up with Alex in Cuzco, to go and listen to a traditional Peruvian concert. Some of the singing was in Quechua (the Inca language), and there were some interesting instruments, including charangos and what I can only describe as 'coiled snake horns'. On Saturday I bought a 'bolletto touristico', (a ticket that gets you into all the main tourist attractions in the Sacred Va ... 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