The End

...and in the end

---

August 14th 2007
We´ve finished the last leg of our trip. Our final destination stretched us across the Peruvian coastline to the tiny surfing village of Mancora. For the geographers in the house, Mancora is about an hour and a half south of Tumbes. Tumbes is the biggest town near the Ecuador border. Basically, we were up near Ecuador. Mancora is a beach town about three kilometers long. The town is built aroun ... read more

South America » Peru » Piura » Máncora

---

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