Carissa getting friendly withe the locals

Finally some real mountains!!

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September 24th 2007
We have just finished Peru and we are both thrilled to have spent some time in the Andes!! We spent our first few days staying at a beach town called Huanchaco, where Carissa spent a few weeks a on an uni / college archeology trip a few years back. She enjoyed showing me all the sites of note and let me know on more than one occasion that the place had changed for better or worse. From there ... 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