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Mendoza to Santiago to Lima to Cuzco...all in a week!

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June 29th 2007
Hello everybody from Cuzco, which in the Inca Language translates at "the belly button of Mother Earth" (apparently!). It's been a manic couple of weeks for yours truly (no surprises there), involving a scenic bus journey through the Andes from Mendoza, a whistle stop return to Santiago, a 5 hour wait at an airport shrouded in fog, a quick visit to Lima, and finally arriving in Cuzco, where th ... 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