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22 December, Huancayo Peru

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December 22nd 2008
22 December 2008 Javier arrived last week and I was able to go out and see a bit of the city. There are some really lovely buildings around Lima, we saw the statue of a lady who is a famous composer and next to it a statue of a guy on a horse because she wrote a song about him. The guy is famous for saving a certain very popular breed of horses that were going extinct in Peru. We walked on ... read more

South America » Peru » Huánuco » Huánuco

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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