Ruins

Chacha and Kuelap

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July 31st 2008
So we got up at bastard oclock in the morning and were driven, along with a Canadian couple, to a picturesque river valley where another group of trekkers had been camping out the night before. The idea was for us to join them the rest of the way. A couple of times we had to get out and walk so the car could make it through a particularly nasty looking stretch of mud, but by now we had become accu ... read more

South America » Peru » Amazonas » Chachapoyas

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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