Me at the Nasca Lines mirador

Nasca

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January 12th 2008
After Arequipa, my trip was suddenly coming to an end and I was looking forward to arriving back to Ayacucho. So I just wanted to speed through my remaining sites. Although northbound, I was visiting the south coast of Peru. From Arequipa, I took the 12-hour Cruz del Sur night bus to Nasca, a little town of 53,000 inhabitants located on the Panamericana . I was to ... read more

South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca

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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