Our lunch stop

We have made it back to Lima alive. Just...

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March 3rd 2009
We set off from Lima on Thursday for our 6 hour drive into the mountains. Our destination? Chupaca. The mountains are really beautiful and constantly change colour and texture with the different vegetation and rocks and a river follows you for the majority of the trip. While the scenery was great along the way, it wasn´t the most relaxing of journeys!! The road twists and turns along the mountain ... read more

South America » Peru » Junin » Huancayo

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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