Cusco

Cusco & The Sacred Valley

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August 16th 2007
Cusco.. the beginning of our journey to the Inca Kingdom. We spent two days in Cusco exploring and then set off for the Sacred Valley of the Inca´s here we stayed one night in a hostel before we began our four day trek to the Inca Kingdom. On the way to the sacred valley we visiteed a lama farm where they showed us how they still weave the wool to create the thousands of hats, gloves, scarfes a ... 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