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Half assed trekking…

May 22nd 2007
After completing the Inca Trail we deserved some serious R&R, so we decided not to do anything too strenuous and stayed an extra couple of days in Cusco before moving onwards to Arequipa, a city further south and closer to the coast. Arequipa has been dubbed ‘the white city’ because many of it’s colonial buildings have been built using a light coloured volcanic rock, and sits in a valley wi ... read more
South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon

Peruvian Flag 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
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