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People of the Lake

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September 5th 2007
Have you heard of Lake Titicaca? It's name sounds like it came from a Carry-On film. It is also the world´s highest navigatable lake. The world's actual highest lake is somewhere in Russia, and is only unnavigatable because no-one's bothered to put any boats up there. Lake Titicaca straddles both Peru and Bolivia, and there are great arguments about where the actual border lies. Peru claims to ... read more

South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca

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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