Chalhuanca

Piggin Out

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March 3rd 2008
Turned left back into the mountains at 12,000ft+, Tommy was struggling and so were we. The local llama and alpaca population didn´t seem so bothered. If you substituted llamas for sheep you could be fooled into thinking that you were in Scotland or the Yorkshire Dales, they were everywhere. Our stopover for the night was a little place called Chalhuanca. We were the only gringos in town and it ju ... 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