Worlds Most Dangerous Road

More than a diversion to Santiago

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April 27th 2009
After running into a couple of friends we had made in Rio and catching up over a few drinks, we headed up the street to Uyuni’s “bus station”. It isn’t a bus station, but a street where the buses depart. We had been shown a picture of our nice bright shiny red bus but the reality was it looked like that about 7 years ago. At 3.00am we were required to change buses to reach La Paz. Arri ... read more

South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Lima

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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