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Inca Ruins

Still Alive

August 18th 2007
I am alive and well. As many of you probably heard, a very large earthquake hit Southern Peru and many hundreds of people were killed. Luckily, I left that area about 5 days before it hit and I never felt the earth shake. On a better note, I have been busy and having fun. I spent about 6 days in Arequipa because I ended up getting sick for a few days. It turned out to be okay though because on ... read more
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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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