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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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8 days ago: Schwein published a blog
La Huacachina... por la segunda vez!
October 30th 2009  South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina
Tomorrow: La Huacachina... again!!! It will be great! ... [full story]

An Oasis
8 days ago: deankay2 published a blog
An Oasis
October 7th 2009  South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina
A short ride from Paracas put us again in the desert, only this time in the oasis of Huacachina. A very small village, a lagoon in the middle surrounded by palm trees and a few hotels and restaurants. ... 9 photos [full story]

12 days ago: emedbery published a blog
Nazca/Ica
October 26th 2009  South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina
Hello all! Two weekends ago I went on a great little trip to Nazca and Ica! They are to the South of Lima and in a more desert climate. We started by taking a bus down to Nazca, about 6 hours away. ... [full story]

Huacachina - Sand Dunes & Buggies
19 days ago: babyape published a blog
Huacachina - Sand Dunes & Buggies
October 19th 2009  South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina
Trek over, 4 days of sobriety over, it was a 16 hour VIP bus to Ica. The journey was great, big leather seat in the posh section, only a handful of seats on the whole of the downstairs section. Had a ... 45 photos [full story]

Huacachina, the little oasis!
25 days ago: Jessica lb published a blog
Huacachina, the little oasis!
October 13th 2009  South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina
Huacachina is definately more like a touristy holiday resort than a travelling destination, but all the same, it was a nice break! Huacachina is a small oasis surrounded by huge sandunes. I couldn't g ... 10 photos [full story]

8th October
27 days ago: codemonkey published a blog
8th October
October 8th 2009  South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina
Motorstorm!!! They have Motorstorm out here in the desert! It actually exists! Well, kind of. Big, beastly, mega-horsepower buggies fill the air with fumes and three figure decibels as they chur ... 3 photos [full story]

7th October
27 days ago: codemonkey published a blog
7th October
October 7th 2009  South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina
Huacachina is the tiniest village I have ever seen. Just two or three streets at best, you can walk around this place in five minutes flat, it is that small. And in this case, small is most certainly ... 2 photos [full story]

Adrenaline In Our Veins...
41 days ago: The Sapir Family published a blog
Adrenaline In Our Veins...
September 27th 2009  South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina
The last couple of days, were really full and exciting and I will do my best to describe it to you from the beginning. We left Huaraz (the last location I have reported on - you know, where we walk ... 8 photos [full story]

61 days ago: Randy01 published a blog
last couple of days
September 7th 2009  South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina
ok so we bused from lima to paracas, stayed the night and went on a boat tip out to the island and sa lots of seals and birds and the candelabra... not particularly exciting as there is sweet bugger a ... [full story]

HUACACHINA -PERU
73 days ago: iguanawankenobi published a blog
HUACACHINA -PERU
August 15th 2009  South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina
"Two jumps in a week, I bet you think that's pretty clever don't you boy? After leaving Mancora I skipped through Lima, only staying long enough to enjoy a starbucks mocha frappucinio...a little cr ... 16 photos [full story]


Huacachina Blog Entries

Sun Dog
White bird
Rachel at sunset
Oasis
monkey on my back
its in the sand
sunset in the ica desert
A blow out sand boarder
Marvin the massive monkey
Sand dune reflection
sand angel
Oasis of Huacachina
One of the locals at our third hotel.
Sand Dunes, Huacachina
Sunset from Huacachina
On top of Cerro Blanco, the highest sand dune in the world (2082m)

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