Ollantayambo

Beautiful but bothersome

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April 26th 2007
We arrived in Cusco at 6 am after a night drive from Puno. We were very grateful that rooms were ready and we could move straight in. After a bit of a rest, we started our exploration of Cusco with a chinese lunch. We hadn't had chinese for a while and it was interesting to see how the Peruvians did chinese. The wonton soup had pieces of chicken in it with only a couple of empty wontons, and gener ... 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