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.
July 21st 2008South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca I am not sure why such landscapes - barren, windswept plains, sometimes guarded by sweeps of mountains, all various shades of browns, golds, and muted greens; endless sky above - make my heart swell s ... 20 photos[full story]
July 18th 2008South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca Trinidad, and the big missisipi, and the town honaloulou, and the LAKE TITIKAKA!!! Weīre at the famous lake titikaka and it is freeeezing!!! Its at some crazy altitude, around 4500m and thus -25īC at ... [full story]
July 15th 2008South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca » Uros Island So I went on a 2 day trip onto the islands of Lake Titicaca. It was a bit of a weird trip, starting with the realisation that it was cheaper for me to go on this organised tour onto the islands, incl ... [full story]
June 14th 2008South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca » Uros Island
Lake Titicaca - the highest navigable lake in the world.
You will notice from the photographs Uros Islands were floating reed islands and Amantani Island was where we had our home stay.
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July 13th 2008South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca » Taquile Island Well I made a decision, staying over night on one of the islands on Titicaca. Iīm not sure which one as I couldnīt understand the hotel manager who booked it for me. I think I will be staying at the ... [full story]
July 9th 2008South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca The person that sold us the tour was very honest in saying that there could be 20 or so people on it so we were under no illusions, but taking a 2 day package tour (which was pretty cheap) saved us al ... 50 photos[full story]
July 12th 2008South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca » Uros Island Daaaaaarrrrr zijn we weer! Aangezien we de reis na onze chillperiode in Puebla in volle vaart hervat hebben, bijdeze alweer het zoveelste bericht uit het waanzinnige Peru. Locatie: Lago Titicaca, het ... 23 photos[full story]
July 7th 2008South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca Saying goodbye to Bolivia after 3 1/2 weeks was actually quite sad because we have loved it but we were also excited to be heading to Peru. The border for Peru runs across the lake (which explains the ... 22 photos[full story]
July 5th 2008South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca I left Cusco on Thursday July 3 via an eight hour bus ride to Puno, Peru. The next morning we took Tuk Tuks to the port at Lake Titicaca. Our group boarded the boat and cruised across Lake Titicaca fo ... 14 photos[full story]
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