The first stop

Hee hee you can't pee

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May 10th 2007
I hung my head out the bus window, suddenly no longer able to cope with the smell. We had stopped to pick up passengers in Siguen and in that brief moment several women had boarded the bus and were selling hot corn, cooked trout and chips, clothes, lollies, chicken and strange coloured liquid in clear plastic bags. Minus the goldfish. I had to pull my head in as a man slammed a ladder against ... read more

South America » Peru

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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