Arequipa by night

Arequipa - Mummys and Monasteries

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October 11th 2008
I managed to sleep until 4am when we stopped in the middle of nowhere. At the front of the bus was a table and chairs so I decided to sit up front for a while, looking out the front of the second level as we climbed and descended some of the mountain ranges. I have never been so scared in my life! On a very straight piece of road there may just have been room to have two buses wide but someho ... 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