Airplane View of Andes

Cuzco City

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August 27th 2008
The Mami Panchita driver deposits me at Lima airport. I´m quickly through the expedited Lan.com check-in lane, and Lan Peru 71 bound for Cuzco lifts off the tarmack on time. In a window seat, I have views of the Andes, the Cordilla Blanca and Cordilla Negra. They are majestic, stark, remote in contours of brown, white, and distant grey. At the Cuzco airport, Alan from my tour operator for the ... 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