Salineras Salt Terraces

Salineras (Inca Saltbeds)

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May 27th 2006
We met the others at Excel for our Saturday hike. This time it was Lily, our spanish teacher, who was taking us. At the bus station our bus was already there having its roof fitted with mountain bikes for some other passengers to race down the mountains back to Cusco. The bus made its way up behind Cusco through small villages of mud bri ... 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