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Peru... part 2!!!

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March 25th 2009
Hello all! I am pleased to say that I survived! The medication for the parasite did give me a lot of relief... and just in time. We stayed put in Cuzco for a while, resting and trying to recover and then ran out of time. We had to do our tour, so I bought a bunch of Gatorade and we signed up for the 5-day Salkantay hike to Macchu Pichu. The first day was rather nice, a few hours of busing to ... read more

South America » Peru

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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