Jen Pisac

What Have The Incas Ever Done For Us? Part 1

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August 24th 2008
So, Peru then. And it's getting more and more like Gulliver's Travels by the day. Everyone seems so short and squashed compared with us mutants, and as we stare at them, they stare back gazing in wonder at the people who look so stretched. We've worked out why this is because we've been eating local food a lot recently. We've found that rice and potatoes feature in every main course (that is rice ... 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