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The Beginning Of The End (Peru and Costa Rica)

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August 18th 2008
Our next stop, Arequipa, in Southern Peru. Arequipa may have had our favorite food of the entire trip. We feasted on Turkish, Arabic, and Mexican food all day long, and filled the rest of our time seeing the major sites of the city. For example, the Santa Catalina Convent, a "city within the city" where hundreds of nuns used to live in total seclusion from the outside world. The pictures really do ... read more

South America » Peru

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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