The boat ride to the resort

The Amazon Jungle

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July 17th 2008
We flew from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado in the Amazonnjungle this morning. It was the shortest flight ive been on, litterally as soon as we were in the air we began ourt decent! The temperature was so different, its been really nice weather the whole time in Peru so far but this was the hottest. It was really humid too which made it worse. We were given another duffle bag each wich I crammed fu ... read more

South America » Peru » Madre de Dios » Puerto Maldonado » Amazon Rainforest

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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