Nazca lines - the alien!!!!

Arequipa and the rest of Peru

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June 24th 2008
Arequipa Rob's first overnight bus journey was a particularly pleasant experience - sat next to a fat, drunken, snoring, personal-space-invading Peruvian, so he wasn't in the best of moods when we arrived in Arequipa. Got some yummy eggs and cardboard for breakfast at the bus station and had the pleasure of being gawped at by a very weird man. So now there were three grumpy people. ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon

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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