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Acclimatizing in Cuzco

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January 16th 2009
So far we haven´t met any other travellers who came the back way to Cuzco as we did. We knew it was going to be really set up and touristy here but we were still kind of blown away after being in smaller towns of locals for a week or so beforehand. Cuzco has a lot of people offering a lot of things: young women offering massages, little boys offering candy bars and cigarettes, sketchy guys off ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco

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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