Machu Picchu

From the jungle to the mountains

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October 9th 2005
Well our flight from Iquitos waso on time, there were no delays and we did'nt get bumped off although there was an earthquake in Peru the night before we left Iquitos (Guy felt the earth move, Rachel did not!) and our plane had to fly to Chiclayo to pick up some stranded passengers as the earthqauke knocked out the rumnway lights at Chiclayo. This meant a 2 hour flight to Lima insetad of one. We d ... read more

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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