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Lovin' it in Lima

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July 4th 2007
I turned up at the bus terminal in the La Victoria district of Lima at about midnight. La Victoria is a dodgy part of town and so I stayed in the refuge of what was a very pleasant bus terminal until my old school friend, Andy Fyfe, came to pick me up. Andy, for those of you that know him, is now a pilot for Lan Peru, the main airline in Peru. The slight technical hitch was that Andy's flight bac ... read more

South America » Peru » Lima

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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