Waiting for a hot chocolate in the market

Peru Capital

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February 6th 2009
So weve broken our record and completed the longest journey yet.....Cusco to Lima by bus in 23hours...uurrrrrgggggghhhhhh, sore bums or what! The journey took us from being chilly at high altitiude through the mountains during the night and out onto drier desert mountains, where we passed the highest-known Sand dune in the world (2078m) and began to sweat! We planned to stop off at Nazca after ... 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