Me and K at Heathrow

Pisco to Arequipa!!

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July 3rd 2007
**Edited to add photos from Pisco, Peru to Uyuni, Bolivia** Caught a bus from Lima to Pisco, and was shocked (but not as much as I would have been had I not been told the day before that Peru is 30% desert or somethig like that) to open my eyes at one point to see sand stretching out for miiiiiles. We booked ourselves on a day tour to the Balletas Islands, commonly known as the "Poor Man´s ... read more

South America » Peru » Ica » Pisco

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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