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Manu (nearly) & Sacred Vlley

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July 5th 2007
Fellow travellers - one big tip - if you want to go ANYWHERE in Peru, and get offered a cheaper option by a gormless whippet of a travel agent, be suspicious and DON´T DO IT! The lessons just keep coming. So I wanted to visit the rainforest - in South America afterall, and Manu National Park seemed like the perfect option, as you could travel overland and had been told it is a ´paradise´, the ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

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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