The Inca ruins at Pisac

Inca-redible (sorry, poor title!!)

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April 14th 2005
Hello readers As our South American adventure draws to its conclusion, we´ve now hit our last destination - Peru. Having flown out of Buenos Aires on Tuesday morning (we finally decided to give buses a miss!!) we had a quick stopover at Lima and then caught another flight to Cuzco, capital city of the ancient Inca empire and a massive 3,200 metres above sea level. Everyone we'd spoken to ... 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