Corn, anyone?

Cuzco y Machu Picchu

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March 24th 2006
Well, where do we begin? We got to Cuzco on the night of Wednesday 15 March and you may well wonder what we've achieved in the 10days spent here thus far...... The unfortunate truth is that we have visited a total of 0 museums and gone on a total of 0 organised trips. Most of our time has been split between our bedroom (sounds better than it was!!!) and Cuzco's main Plaza. On Friday 17th we ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

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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