Machu Picchu

High on Cusco

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January 18th 2008
Fourteen hours on the overnight bus took us from a vast desert at sea level to rainy season at 3600 m above! Not too bad a journey...until we had to walk up several steps to find our accommodation panting from lack of oxygen. We decided to phone a hostel and approached the nearest pay phone. It wasn´t working and we noticed a piece of paper stuck in the coin slot. As we had heard that kids ofte ... 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