What a Silly Place to Put a Door!

Life After the Inca Trail: Colca Canyon & Lake Titicaca

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June 2nd 2007
Cuzco just wasn't the same once Katherine had left and we decided it was finally time to move on, not to the Amazon as originally planned, but to Arequipa for a quick visit to Colca Canyon, the deepest canyon in the world. (Actually the second deepest, but that just doesn´t sound as good does it!!) When we'd originally planned this trip, overnight bus journeys had been something we'd hoped to ... 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