Cusco

Peru

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September 6th 2008
After Costa Rica we flew into Lima. We were expecting something like San Jose but were quite pleasantly surprised when the taxi pulled up at Miraflores, an area within Lima. It was much more clean and up market than we expected. The smog was quite a shock though. We ended up staying a few days to make some arrangements to travel on from there. The next stop was Nazca where we were lucky enoug ... read more

South America » Peru

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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