A Rare Photo Together

The White City

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May 25th 2006
Arrived in Arequipa in the morning - a little worse for wear after an overnight bus journey which had been delayed by three hours. Needless to say, we had a British grumble between ourselves and then carried on.... We expected high things of Arequipa - the Peruvians we´ve met so far have raved about this "white city" (the city´s colonial buildings are built from a light-coloured volcanic rock c ... read more

South America » Peru » Arequipa

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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