Some ancient ruins outside Cusco

Riding And Rafting - It´ll have to do

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July 21st 2008
I arrived in Cusco last Wednesday, and I immediately went and tries to sort out a 4 day trek to Choquequirao, which are the other set of Inca ruins that they are still discovering. Everything looked to be on track, we had managed to cobble together 4 people for the trek - Great. Then the following evening - just 10 hrs before leaving I was told that one of the group had altitude sickness, and so a ... 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