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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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We have been at Dharma’s and Ananthy’s house in Lima, Peru since Saturday. They live in a very nice area called Miraflores just a few blocks from the Ocean. We met Ananthy and Dharma in Delhi a few years ago. They are both from the USA. Dharma is an English teacher and he was working at the American School in Delhi before moving to the American School in Peru this summer. Ananthy works for the World Bank creating HIV social responsibility programs for corporate debtors. Talking with these two about moving to Peru reminded us of what it was like moving [View Full Entry]

A Travel Story - Dan Bell and Kim Gibson | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 1st 2009 | 63 Views | [diary=448358]

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The plan was to set out at 7 am. Jeff, the owner of the closest thing to a biker bar in Cuzco, had given me on the scoop on the back door entrance to The Citadel. Follow the route to Santa Maria via Oyantantambo and turn left. Follow that road to its end at the hydroelectric plant, and walk from there. Simple. Of course, my seven o'clock start became an 8 o'clock start before I left the bar because I had much to discuss with Ken and Carol, two aussies that have been doing laps around the world on their BMW [View Full Entry]

hesj - Chris is Going South | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 9th 2009 | 8 Views | [diary=448363]

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INKA TRAIL 21.-24.10.2009 Voi ystävät kalliit, että voi olla jotakin niin mahtavaa kuin Andit. Täällä vuoret näyttävät erittäin paljon vuorilta, suorastaan vuorien perikuvilta, ja vastaavasti laaksot laaksojen perikuvilta. Pohjalla virtaa aina pyhä joki. Pelto ei lopu ojaan, tiehen tai metsään vaan äkkijyrkkään vuorenseinämään, joka kohoaa tuhansia metrejä ylöspäin. Aivan kuin vuoret kasvaisivat suoraan pellosta ja kaareutuisivat laakson ylle kuin puut. Niin korkeita ne ovat. Juuri tällaisia maisemia lapset piirtävät, kun he kuvittelevat sadut tosiksi. Inka trail tai pikemmin Camino Ink [View Full Entry]

MariaS ntti - Maria Säntti | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 26th 2009 | 27 Views | [diary=448402]

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By codemonkey
October 26th 2009
26th October South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu
Part of me never wanted to come to Machu Picchu. A bigger part did. So today, we are now atop South America's most iconic historical monument. Those superb pictures of this mountain top city, surrounded by cloud forest dropping away rapidly to the valleys below, could hardly be more stunning. Being here though, tipping down with rain, crammed with other tourists in their brightly coloured ponchos, takes the magic away somehow. I feel like I'm in an amusement park, being separated from my money at every opportunity. We arrived yesterday in fact, a better day than today with brightly lit s [View Full Entry]

codemonkey - Robert Baker | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 27th 2009 | 53 Views | [diary=448424]

Me enjoying the view over Machu Picchu
A llama enjoying the view over Machu Picchu
Clouds over Machu Picchu

By Penscott
October 25th 2009
Peru here we come.... South America » Peru » Lima
Petey!
Petey!
Good bye and good luck Pete!
Hola! Which as I’m sure most of you know is hello in Spanish. Sorry it has taken so long to update our trip to South America. We've been non stop since we got here, but finally after many trials and tribulations we're in Peru. We spent a very quick week in Vancouver which seemed to pass in no time. Then before we knew it it was time to head to the airport. I met up with Peter a fellow Dereck and I met in Beijing in 2006 as Petey was here in Vancouver at the same time, and as it turned [View Full Entry]

Penscott - Scott & Penny | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 25th 2009 | 68 Views | [diary=447956]

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By Penscott
October 25th 2009
El Camino Inca South America » Peru » Cusco
The easy way
The easy way
For the peeps that don't want to suffer, you can take the train in comfort.
Inca Trail Wow, what can we say? We had the most amazing hike. It had everything, mountains, altitude, ruins, and a bit of jungle…as well as lot’s of interesting people. Our first morning we were all picked up in a bus, and taken to the start of the trail…I really wasn’t functioning so well as it was about 5:30am when we were collected. We arrived at the trail, and got a group photo just before starting. The trail starts where the train starts, so many people here are going to see Machu Piccu, however we were hiking for 4 days and [View Full Entry]

Penscott - Scott & Penny | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 26th 2009 | 48 Views | [diary=448195]

Cactus Flowers
Cactus in the sky with diamonds
Penny in the sky with diamonds

Mittlerweile bin ich schon seit 3 Wochen in Arequipa... die Zeit vergeht schon saumaessig schnell! Ich habe mich an das warme Wetter, die eher verseuchte Luft, die Taxis die einem ueber den Haufen fahren, wenn man nicht aufpasst, an den nicht vorhandenen Wasserdruck beim Duschen, an das kalte Wasser zum Zaehneputzen, und einfach an das andere Leben hier in Peru gewoeht. Es geht hier alles ein bisschen langsamer und viel gelassender zu und her... und was die puenktlichkeit anbelangt... da fuehl ich mich richtig wohl!!! Man ist hier nie puenktlich.... den einzigen Nachteil den ich darin sehe [View Full Entry]

Carmencita - Carmen Fenner | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 24th 2009 | 21 Views | [diary=447650]

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So with Jack´s arrival in S.A and only a month to get to Buenos Aires we had to start moving pretty quickly, which unfortunately for Jack meant flying from Lima to Cusco..his fourth plane in 2 days..pretty heavy for someone who doesn´t like flying! The flight was amazing though, quite low the whole way so we could see the tops of the andes. We flew with TACA who turned out to be a pretty efficient airline, bags all ready on our arrival and welcomed into the airport by a peruvian band..nice. We made our first faux pas by deciding to get [View Full Entry]

Epress - Esther Press | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 24th 2009 | 34 Views | [diary=447862]


By Southward bound
October 24th 2009
In hot water. South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco
Camping
Camping
Setting up camp at Santa Teresa.
It's been a long time since I last wrote but I'm glad you're still around to read all about my adventures! There seems to be a bit of an issue with blogging. When I'm off doing lots of stuff that you might want to hear about, I don't have time to write about it but then when I'm just hanging around at home I have all the time in the world to tell you about all of the nothing that I'm up to. Well, as you might have guessed it have been an eventful last month so lets get started. Three [View Full Entry]

Southward bound - Kate Levy | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 24th 2009 | 20 Views | [diary=447880]

On our way to town
Juan and Kyle.
Bug bites

When they say the roar of the jungle, I now understand what they mean. We slept for 3 nights in a lodge set deep in the rainforest, right on the banks of Lake Sandoval, called Sandoval Lake Lodge. During these nights we were aided to sleep by the many fascinating and sometimes quite disturbing, noises of the rainforest. You would not believe what sounds can come out of such tiny insects, fragile looking birds and sweet looking monkeys. A racket that is what! A good kind of racket though, not like the disco on the other side of the wall we [View Full Entry]

Jessica lb - Jessica Baker | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 24th 2009 | 39 Views | [diary=447897]

Turtles chilling on a log
Lake Sandoval
The trees in the raindorest are enornous!