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Arequipa and Colca Canyon

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May 5th 2009
Friday Jenna, Sabine, and I got on an overnight bus to Arequipa (9hours). The bus was awesome and super comfy. We arrived in the city at about 6am and couldnt get a room till 11am so we killed time eating bfast and walking around the city. Arequipa is beautiful--It is bigger and cleaner than Cusco. We walked through all the markets and hunted down the best coffee places (Cusco Coffee Company is by ... 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