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Cusco - Ruins & Ripoffs

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October 17th 2008
Unbelievably our bus arrived an hour earlier than expected into Cusco so we were left at the bus terminal in the middle of the night not too sure what to do. Taxi drivers and touts were in abundance despite the hour so it was not like we weren’t short for advice! We had a coffee and took a look at Lonely Planet to see if we could find any candidate hostels and also to check the “dangers and ... 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