Moche Temple

The Moche people built extensive temples. Everytime the temple was destroyed by either an earthquake or the El Nino phenomenon, they would fill the ruins in with dirt and then build a whole new temple right on top of it. This site had 4 temples built right on top of one another...crazy.

Work and Play

August 13th 2008
Monday, July 28th, is el Día de Independencia in Peru which basically means that the world stops and no one works for four whole days (kinda like 4th of July in the States). Some friends and I decided to spend our 4 days of liberation in a small beach town called Huanchaco (about a 10 hour bus ride north of Lima). The first two days we spent just hanging out at the beach (which is one of my fav ... 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

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