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Lima, Peru

How would you like this job? In Lima on the main pedestrian mall are ¨barkers¨ working from 10am to 8pm six days a week. I recognized the same guys from 2 months ago.They cup their hands over their mouth to make a type of bull-horn then yell every 5 to 10 seconds, ¨INTERNET!¨ to promote their particular internet-café. What a job! Go to school kids.
Amazon Basin

July 27th 2007
. Iquitos I bought a flight from Lima to Iquitos, on the Amazon River, for a little less than $100 then took a city bus to the Lima airport. In every town and city the locals/ bus drivers/ tourists/ tourist offices/everyone tell you not to take a bus because "it´s too dangerous". Because of this I'm sure that the crooks aren´t looking for foreigners on buses. I´ve not had any probl ... read more
South America » Peru » Loreto » Iquitos » Amazon Rainforest

Peruvian Flag 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
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