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Background: 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 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of a violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's election in 1990 ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump in the late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction with his regime. FUJIMORI won reelection to a third term in the spring of 2000, but international pressure and corruption scandals led to his ouster by Congress in November of that year. A caretaker government oversaw new elections in the spring of 2001, which ushered in Alejandro TOLEDO as the new head of government; his presidency has been hampered by allegations of corruption.




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Mike and I were finally on our trip to Peru October 30, 2009 - after 10 months of planning and lots of reseasrch, it was happening! Our first leg of the trip after arriving in Lima took us to the city of Cusco in the central Andes mountain region, where we hailed a taxi and headed for a village about an hour away on the western edge of the Sacred Valley. Ollantaytambo is a typical town with cobblestone streets but with an exceptional ancient Inca ruins tucked into a hillside. The view from our room was spectacular, looking directly into the [View Full Entry]

Plannersis - Cheryl Garcia | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 26th 2009 | 53 Views | [diary=455865]

Waterways
Magnificent view
Olly streets

Buonasera, Am back in Cuzco, on a warm Saturday night, after a full day exploring in the Sacred Valley. I visited many towns and villages including Urubamba, Coya and Pisac. Having a driver whom I could ask to stop whenever I wanted was a real bonus. The whole valley is spectacular and the people very welcoming.....I hope this comes through in the images. I was fortunate to be in Pisac when they were having a childrens race event. Just today I shot more than 500 images...... Im keeping this short tonight and let the images speak for themselves. In the morning [View Full Entry]

Mazza21 - Mario Soave | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 15th 2009 | 69 Views | [diary=453236]

Urubamba
Urubamba
Urubamba

Then we went around the Sacred Valley (la Valle Sagrada) which is the wider area around Cusco. It has many impressive Inka ruins and some amazing villages! Check out the pics! [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 24th 2009 | 51 Views | [diary=439262]

View of the valley
View of the valley
Peruvian empanada! Its supertasty!

We arrived in Cuzco on Sunday 08/23/09 very early in the morning, around 7:15am, and were picked up by a representative from Hotel Inkarri, where we had reserved a “Triple room” with a full-size bed plus a twin bed up in the loft. We had taken the anti-altitude sickness pills Sorochji (sp?) about ½ hour prior to our flight, so we didn’t have any of the symptoms of being at 3,400 meters (~11,150 feet) above sea level other than feeling totally oxygen deprived. It hadn’t even been two minutes since we had gotten off the airplane when Ben said—to no one [View Full Entry]

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By Justgomes
August 6th 2009
Peru madness South America » Peru » Cusco » Sacred Valley
Packing done and ready to roll. We're heading to Cusco to start a 6 day bike journey through the sacred valey. Most likely we will be knocked out by the altitude sickness and the imense amount of bugs we will be facing. After this there's the Inca Trail. We will rest one day at Yucay and leave towards the holy Inca grounds. If the biking and the cloud forest mosquitos don't consume us, the 4 day and 32 km walk to Machu Pichu will certainly do the job. We will do some post here during our the trip, so feel free [View Full Entry]

Justgomes - Ricardo Gomes | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 6th 2009 | 28 Views | [diary=425855]


Je me lève tôt le matin pour pouvoir visiter quelques sites de la vallée sacrée. Je commence par Pisac où je rencontre un couple de Belges qui veulent partager un taxi jusqu'aux ruines. Les ruines et le paysage sont superbes. L'endroit est situé en montage et j'ai quelque peu de difficultés à m'habituer à l'altitude. La randonnée est beaucoup plus pénible que d'habitude. Après la visite de Pisac je me dirige vers Ollanta en autobus. Je prend un autobus local (peu cher mais où les gens sont entassés comme des sardines). Après 1h30 de route j'arrive finalement à Ollanta. L'endroit est [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 27th 2009 | 18 Views | [diary=412823]

Pisac
Pisac
Pisac

I woke up feeling rubbish again and couldn’t eat for feeling sick. I bought a few snacks for the bus in the hope I’d feel better later. I didn’t. The journey felt like an eternity but it was only a few hours. I was picked up at the bus station in Cusco and transferred to the hotel where I promptly fell asleep at 6pm. At 8 I was woken by the phone and was completely disorientated. What time did I want breakfast tomorrow? That was planning ahead! But it was only 8pm at night. I turned over and fell back asleep [View Full Entry]

Lindsaytheexplorer - Lindsay White | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 31st 2009 | 78 Views | [diary=404000]

Cusco
Cusco
Cusco

One week after the depths of the Amazon, we headed for the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the Urubamba River. The Urubamba starts above Cusco in the Altiplano and ends in the Amazon basin. Cusco, the seat of the Incan empire designed in the shape of a puma, sits just west and above the river valley. This area of Peru is similar to Rome, in that you can't walk a block, take a hike or bike ride without running into a remnant of the old civilization. Incans worshiped rocks. Any large rock formation was either turned into a huaca, temple, or [View Full Entry]

katiandmark - Mark and Kati | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 12th 2009 | 145 Views | [diary=397463]

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Inca trail
orchid on trail

And so began the longest journey of our lives. It started better than we had anticipated when the bus finally arrived; looking rather like a real bus, rather than the tin can we'd been expecting. However, we saw the result of our cost-cutting almost immedietley; limited leg room, burning radiators overcompensating for the cold outside, and "50 First Dates" in Spanish did not bode well (Adam Sandler is even creepier in spanish.) And of course we'll never forget the sound of a mother and child vomiting in sequence all night. We got about 3 hours sleep each and arrived in Cusco [View Full Entry]

Conyac - Connie Hunter | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 16th 2009 | 77 Views | [diary=391358]

the road to cusco
the road to cusco
cusco!

Sorry guys, English version is up the next days. Da es mir durch meine Magenprobleme und eine fiese Erkaeltung im Moment nicht so gut geht, bin ich heute nicht wie die anderen nach Ollantaytambo gefahren, sondern auf halber Strecke in Chinchero ausgestiegen, um dort gemuetlich herumzubummeln, das schoene Wetter zu geniessen und etwas Kraft zu tanken. Im Bus war durch Zufall auch eine Aerztin, die mich in Chinchero dann erstmal ordentlich in die Mangel genommen, mir Antibiotika gegeben und ein rohes-Gemuese-Verbot ausgesprochen hat. Das finde ich zwar nicht sonderlich toll, aber wenn es hilf [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 29th 2009 | 58 Views | [diary=385853]

Street in Chinchero
Chinchero Ruins
Jessica and her dog which did not like me


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