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Inca Trails - April 2007

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April 30th 2007
I was rudely awoken just outside Cusco by a guy on the bus leaning over me, presumably reaching for my bag. A startled, loud, "Wooooah" soon sent him shuffling away to pester someone else. Cusco is the former political centre of the Inca empire. Although calling it the Inca empire is slightly misleading. "Inca" was solely the name given to the single supreme ruler at any one time, and there were ... 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