Young Alpaca

Inca Heights Tour - Week 1

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October 1st 2005
We arrived in Lima a couple of days before our tour was due to start. Here we made the most of the artesian markets and stocked up on Alpaca products and other Peruvian crafts. After a chase around the city to find the tour start, we finally met up with our travelling companions for the next 3 weeks, who turned out to be a great group of people. First trip was to Paracas where we had our fi ... read more

South America » Peru » Lima

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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