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Qurikancha

This courtyard in this Incan temple turned church used to be completely covered with gold...until the Spanish stole it all. How typical of them.
Coo-coo for Coca Leaves

March 11th 2008
We had been worried that after so many months of build-up, of seeing other people´s photos and hearing over and over again how incredible Machu Picchu is, that the reality could be a little bit of a letdown, that we would feel like we should be more excited than we actually would feel upon seeing the world´s most famous pile of stones for ourselves. We had nothing to worry about. The reality o ... read more
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Peruvian Flag 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
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