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Nazcans and Nuns

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July 4th 2007
We took the night bus to Arequipa (which arrived at a painful 5 in the morning). After a bit of a nap, we had a look around the Santa Catalina convent. Today, there are only 30 or so nuns living in the convent, but in its day, it would have been quite a little village. The complex takes up a whole street block and has its own internal streets and parks. The nuns had it relatively good. Most were t ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa

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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