Girls doing the macarena

Above the clouds in Cusco

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June 13th 2007
Hey! Well i´m all the way in Cusco, Peru now. That 11 hour flight from Madrid to Lima was long, but thank the Lord for sleep masks and travel pillows - slept most of the way, waking up only to eat the plastic food. Didn´t get to see Lima, apart as I arrived in the evening, and it was dark, and had to catch the 6.40am flight the following morning to Cusco. First impressions of Lima - COLD! ... 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