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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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Hi all! Just arrived in Iquitos in the Amazon, north of Peru. I flew here from Lima this morning and got in around 1pm, have spent the time since trying to acclimatise to the VERY hot weather conditions, apparently it is about 32 degrees today and that is normal. Got to my hostel in one piece, took recommendations from a Canadian girl I spent time with in Lima - thanks Tanya! Hostel is great, certainly the word rustic comes to mind but there is a central courtyard garden which you look out on from each room and is full of jungle [View Full Entry]

KatrinaJames - Katrina | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 19th 2009 | 24 Views | [diary=454475]


J: The first drama of the trip happened before we had even left Cusco. Neither of us own hiking boots suitable for the trek, and not wanting to buy them we found a place where we could rent them for a week. We tried on a few pairs and found some that we liked so booked them for the trip. We returned to pick them up on the evening before the trek only to find that there had been a minor problem. Apparently, the shop had suffered a mouse infestation in the intermittent days, and the little rodents had eaten through [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 20th 2009 | 64 Views | [diary=454507]


By Morganne
November 19th 2009
Lake Titikaka South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca
Haha, fooled you. You thought I was coming home last week after Machu Picchu. Nope! I wasn´t quite ready to come home then so I extended my trip and have just come back ashore after exploring the world´s highest navigable lake in the world and the largest in South America - Lake Titicaca. And just so you know, it´s Ti-ti-cha-cha (think the old jewish guy joke with the fly in the soup). Here is what I have to say about Lake Titicaca. It´s a beautiful lake but please oh please, DON´T GO!!! I read an online article before I left SF [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 19th 2009 | 62 Views | [diary=454413]


What a beautiful last day! I checked out of my room at 11 and dropped my stuff behind the front desk of the hostel. After, I grabbed lunch from the birdhouse, the bacon, turkey, guacamole sandwich with potato salad...I´m kinda getting bored with American food! After lunch I laid out on the beach for a couple hours until it was kitesurfing time. Around 2 I met up with Rein and he gave me a kite, harness, and bar and said he would supervise me today...along with the other kid (Matias) who was also a beginner and needed supervision. We set everything [View Full Entry]

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So we arrive in Peru for our eagerly awaited Gap adventures tour. The tour starts with a two day stay at Lake Titicaca. We stayed for the night with a family on an island in the middle of the lake. They had two adorable young boys called Oliver and Axel, who tried to sing us nursery rhymes in Spanish while we ate with them. Also tried to play the locals at football, and quickly realised why marathon runners train at altitude: 'I think...I'm...god...just gonna have to take...someone pass the oxygen'. Despite my lungs nearly exploding I don't think I'll ever see [View Full Entry]

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By simxn
November 18th 2009
Salkantay Trail South America » Peru » Cusco » Salkantay Trail
Er kam, sah und siegte :D Ich habe einen treck gemacht. das hat mir supergut gefallen. mit vielen bergen und schoenen momenten. meine erste exkursion ohne probleme. es hat zwar viel geregnet (das wort regenzeit ist nicht falsch zu verstehen) und einige haben in ihrem zelt gebadet, aber mir gings immer gut. ich hab sogar kein geld ausgegeben, weil wir abends immer gepockert haben (und ich doch irgendwie gut bin, obwohl ich erst einmal gepockert hab) und ich immer gewonnen hab. hihihihi. das ziel der reise war machu picchu. sehr sehr beeindruckend und schoen. die fotos sprechen wohl baende. j [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 18th 2009 | 18 Views | [diary=454200]

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By eloron
November 18th 2009
Los Primeros Dias South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Lima
Arrivée à Zaventem dimanche 15 au matin (8h), après n'avoir dormi qu'une petite heure(grosse soirée avec les amis et fin de préparation des sacs avec les derniers courageux, spécial remerciements à Morgan , Bilou, Aurélie...) Brigitte et Charlie sont là pour nous accompagnés. Nous aussi nous avons fait l'experience du ticket non-valide... nous voilà donc avec une pénalité de 240 eur pour changer nos billets (car les Etats-unis n'acceptent pas un ticket avec une date de retour au delà des 90 jours....merci connection, merci les Etats Unis...), mais super Brigitte était là pour nous sortir de la [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 20th 2009 | 71 Views | [diary=454201]

Ron à  Atlanta
Ah le téléphone à Atlanta
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By eloron
November 17th 2009
Llegada en Lima South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Lima
hola amigos! On est bien arrivés à Lima, tout se passe super bien! La journée à été épuisante (décalage horaire..) et donc on fera suivre les photos et les petites nouvelles normalement demain! Gros bisous à tous, Ron et Elo [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 17th 2009 | 59 Views | [diary=453806]


And so the countdown to the end of our South America trip begins! We have only 3 dys left in this crazy, beautiful, challenging, corupt and awe inspiring continent...which mebns only 3 more days of speaking in 'pretend' Spanish (although our Spanish IS actually barely understndible now!!) only 3 more days of taking random buses and only 3 more days of waking up each morning parying that last nights dinner has not created WW3 in your stomach! For the last week we have been based in Cusco - the historical centre and main city of the Sacred Valley - home to [View Full Entry]

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By Diveferfun
November 17th 2009
Chuchaki South America » Peru » Piura » Máncora
Chuchaki is Ecuadorean for Hangover! I´m not feeling too great today. I woke up around 830, chugged some gatorade, had some water and then went back to sleep til about 11. I got up and went to the beach to get some sun...it´s sooo hot here. I grabbed lunch at the Birdhouse, NC bbq and potatoe salad...very good. After lunch I headed to the beach. I was sweating my but off. I waited around til 2 then went to find Rein for some more kitesurfing today. He was doing a lesson already and the boys were in Lobidos practicing for the [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 19th 2009 | 9 Views | [diary=454020]