Waiting with Juan

All God's Children

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September 11th 2008
I wanted to make one more entry before we began our trek at the delightfully early hour of 5:15 a.m. on September 12, but uploading the photos was going very slowly, so here it is a bit late. We are back safely from our trek over the Andes to Machu Picchu and will write and add new photos of that adventure very soon. After nearly 48 hours in buses and border crossing, we arrived in Cusco in mi ... 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