Arequipa

From Huaraz to Arequipa and the Sacred Valley of the Inca's

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July 20th 2008
After the ordeal that was the Santa Cruz trek I spent four whole days in Huaraz doing nothing! I had the whole dorm room to myself because the protests in Lima (which you may have seen on the news?) where disrupting transport and stopping a lot of people from traveling. The uproar was basically because the Peruvian president's free market policies are only benefiting the business sector and multin ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco

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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