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Peru - Lima to Cuzco - April 2007

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April 21st 2007
With 2 nights sleeping at Caracas airport behind me I was Peru-bound at long, exhaustingly last. I arrived in Lima at 5am, so decided there was no point checking into a hostal at that time and got straight on it with a whistlestop tour of Lima instead. I ended up in the plusher suburb of Miraflores on the coast, which is a surfers and gamblers paradise. I'm no surfer, so lost a quick few Soles on ... read more

South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina

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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 1... ... read more